Why do birthdays have to come and go so quickly with my little one's? I wish I could hold onto these ages just a little bit longer. Instead they seem to melt away from me before I can really grasp the current stage we are at.
SEVEN is the new word I continuously repeat in amazement to myself. How in the world can I have a child that is SEVEN? I don't feel old enough to have a FIVE year old, let alone a SEVEN year old. Alas it is true, and she now reminds repetitively that she is only 5 more years away from being able to wear makeup.
This year's birthday was particularly fun for us. It is the last year until Miss M can be baptized and she totally knows it. One of the benefits to being the absolute youngest in her school class is that Maddie gets to see her friends move onto to new things before her. Her best friend at school, Eleanor, also goes to our church but is nearly a year older than Maddie. As Maddie prepared to turn 7, she has gotten to see Eleanor turn 8 and become increasingly excited about baptism and going to activity days. In turn Maddie has talked many times about how exciting it will be next year when she can also progress within the gospel and make her own special promises to her father in Heaven.
How grateful I am to have such a giving child. She works so hard at keeping her bedroom spick and span and helps me around the house a lot! She is always the one we call on to help set the table, vacuum downstairs, clean bathrooms, get out pajamas for all the kids, etc. We don't ever give her near enough credit for how much she helps us out. She also is really good at sharing her games and treats with her brothers. I can almost always count on the fact that she will turn around and share with them.
I am also grateful for how kind she is to other children, particularly those younger than her. We have a neighborhood FULL of little children that are under 5 years old. Many of them adore her and constantly watch for her to "fly by" on her scooter. Whenever Miss M sees one of them she is really good about stopping and saying hello. She will even invite some of them over to play with her and she loves the fact that she can mother them. (her brothers balk at her doing this with them). She is also kind to the other kids her age and I rarely hear other children complain that she said something unkind to them.
Although she can be sassy at times, I feel like Maddie has a heart of gold. She really wants to do what is right. I am so grateful to have this little girl in my life. I pray that I will continue to be a better mother to her and my other two children. I feel so lucky to be entrusted the responsibility to raise Miss M in this life and hope that I can live up to this gift that has been given to me.
How grateful I am to have such a giving child. She works so hard at keeping her bedroom spick and span and helps me around the house a lot! She is always the one we call on to help set the table, vacuum downstairs, clean bathrooms, get out pajamas for all the kids, etc. We don't ever give her near enough credit for how much she helps us out. She also is really good at sharing her games and treats with her brothers. I can almost always count on the fact that she will turn around and share with them.
I am also grateful for how kind she is to other children, particularly those younger than her. We have a neighborhood FULL of little children that are under 5 years old. Many of them adore her and constantly watch for her to "fly by" on her scooter. Whenever Miss M sees one of them she is really good about stopping and saying hello. She will even invite some of them over to play with her and she loves the fact that she can mother them. (her brothers balk at her doing this with them). She is also kind to the other kids her age and I rarely hear other children complain that she said something unkind to them.
Although she can be sassy at times, I feel like Maddie has a heart of gold. She really wants to do what is right. I am so grateful to have this little girl in my life. I pray that I will continue to be a better mother to her and my other two children. I feel so lucky to be entrusted the responsibility to raise Miss M in this life and hope that I can live up to this gift that has been given to me.
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