I can remember, as a child getting in trouble for sitting in the craziest positions, especially at the dinner table. I always had to have my legs up or hanging over a chair, or folded up in some odd position. Kris tells me he had the same problem. But Kris got an award in 8th grade; he thinks it was for something like "101 Ways To Sit".
And to entertain and annoy us, God has blessed us with a child who shows us just what our parents went through with us.
Tonight's conversation is not the first one I've had with Abbey, so when I saw her eating a Pixie Stix while holding one foot in the air, I exasperatedly said:
"Abbey, do you know how to sit like a normal person?"
And did she change how she was sitting?
Yes.
But not without a witty, 'it-could-only-be-Abbey" remark.
She looked at me and saw me sitting on the couch, with my legs stretched straight out on the ottoman. Without missing a beat she questioned me right back:
"Do YOU know how to sit like a proper lady? I'm sure THAT'S not how."
I wish everyone was blessed with a child like Abbey.
And to entertain and annoy us, God has blessed us with a child who shows us just what our parents went through with us.
Tonight's conversation is not the first one I've had with Abbey, so when I saw her eating a Pixie Stix while holding one foot in the air, I exasperatedly said:
"Abbey, do you know how to sit like a normal person?"
And did she change how she was sitting?
Yes.
But not without a witty, 'it-could-only-be-Abbey" remark.
She looked at me and saw me sitting on the couch, with my legs stretched straight out on the ottoman. Without missing a beat she questioned me right back:
"Do YOU know how to sit like a proper lady? I'm sure THAT'S not how."
I wish everyone was blessed with a child like Abbey.
Only Abbey??? I believe Kat might have come back with something like that. I didn't know you had the same problem sitting as Kris when he was growing up. Something else you two have in common. MIL
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