Out of the mouths of babes…..

June 9, 2011 Cindy

My 4 year old got some new shorts for her birthday last week. She’s a petite little thing so when we were trying them on her, her new 4T shorts slipped right off. I told her, “You are such a skinny little thing, we’ll have to wait for you to grow into these.” She responded, “I don’t want to be skinny.”

Of course, as a non-skinny person, I couldn’t leave her comment untouched.

“What do you mean, you don’t want to be skinny?”. “Well, mom, Kai (her “boyfriend” from daycare) says you are fat.” “I am fat. Abbie, I want you to stay skinny like you are, forever.” “I don’t want to stay skinny, mommy, I want to be like you.”

First feeling — So this is what completely unconditional love feels like!
Second feeling — I need to get my crap together and improve my health so my daughter has a worthy role model!

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1. Sally | June 10, 2011 at 5:26 AM

I love the way their minds work…. and how they love us and see none of the imperfections that we do…

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2. justin | June 14, 2011 at 9:24 PM

ur not fat. there are way worse! and its not like ur unhealthy. you hike and go on walks a heck of alot more than i do! i support you in your goal tho=]

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