Daisy-Petal Plucking

July 13, 2005 in I Amuse Myself,Kids, kids, kids with 9 Comments

My daughter should be upstairs, watching a short video before she goes to bed at her scheduled bedtime in twenty minutes.

Instead, she’s in the backyard, wrestling five-feet tall daisies to the ground so she can pluck their petals. She’s wearing fuzzy footy pajamas and her yellow rainboots. When I went out to take her picture, she pointed to the sky and said, “Look! A tiny moon!”

She is addicted to flower-petal plucking. I need to make her stop and go to bed. But I can’t. God made two-year olds this cute so you don’t keep them in a closet, gagged, until they turn four.

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9 Responses to “Daisy-Petal Plucking”

  1. Kim July 14, 2005 at 7:23 am #

    I came in through Carla’s blog. I’ve always meant to come by and say hello. I just thought it was kind of co-incidental that I am also forty and have been married eighteen years.

    Hi there!

  2. Eyes for Lies July 14, 2005 at 8:52 am #

    Ha! You painted this picture so well, I couldn’t help but see her standing there.

    How precious! A moment in life to truly treasure and remember. Always.

    So glad you took a photo. I’d love to see it!

    Hope you are doing well…

  3. Me July 14, 2005 at 9:56 am #

    How sweet! Yep, it’s moments like those that keep mothers from eating their young. ;)

    ~Rachel

  4. Susan July 14, 2005 at 12:41 pm #

    Ah,
    40 with a precious two-year old daughter…it is a wonder-filled thing…It is also a good thing the 40 is the new 30…I know as I’m personally going through it right now, too!

  5. Catharine July 14, 2005 at 6:22 pm #

    Gagged in a closet? Yes, I suppose that’s a way to go. I was thinking of something frstlymil pointed us to on another blog…

    Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal, which advocates the devouring of the tender young morsels in an effort to control the population.

    (Yes, people… he was kidding…. sheesh….)

    Hmph… gagged in a closet… I never would have thought of that….

    ~CA~

  6. Gina July 14, 2005 at 8:39 pm #

    I am dreading the 3′s in a big way.

  7. Heather July 15, 2005 at 5:51 am #

    Yeah, I woulda let her pluck the petals too!

    I think 3 is both one of the most fun and one of the most challenging ages. We’re in the middle of it too.

  8. Catharine July 15, 2005 at 12:25 pm #

    Oh, Gina. Don’t dread the three’s… Even though they lose the “babiness” in the three’s, it’s such a fun age. And they’re still very cute.

    ~CA~

  9. red fish July 15, 2005 at 7:17 pm #

    I thought the twos were terrible when my oldest went through them until she hit three. It was definately worse.

    Now my second is two-and-a-half. I fear the fun is about to begin.

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