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I just finished with my daughter Rachel's birthday party. Her twelvth birthday, and ONLY her twelvth birthday. I say this because her sisters and her father and I have been convinced for months now that she was twelve and this would be her thirteenth birthday. We had to get out the calander and do the math, and we realized that she was only turning twelve today. If you were to know Rachel, you would understand the mistake. It isn't only that puberty visited her at an early age and she is well on her way to knockout status now. It's also her amazing vocabulary and her incredible sense of humor. For example, one day, I stopped at a gas station to get a coke, and her 9 year old brother got out with me and bought himself a box of donuts. When he got in the car, he gave a donut to his little brother, but when Rachel asked for one, he refused. she waited until his back was turned and she quickly grabbed a donut from the box and shoved it in her mouth. This set off howls of protest from her brother, who wanted me to do something about it. I said, "Well she already ate it, what do you want me to do?" He suggested that maybe I should reach down her throat and tear it out of her. I just glared at him. But Rachel piped in with her own suggestion.
She said, "Keep a lid on it Jake, if you just wait a few hours I can probably get it back to you.... with interest." Now I wanted to tell her that was an awful thing to do and lecture her about it, but both Jake and I were laughing too hard.
One of the highlights of the evening was showing home movies of Rachel when she was a toddler, this was entertaining not only because it embarrased my daughter so much, but it also served to remind me of a different time, when she was younger, and to her I was wonder woman and margaret thatcher and betty crocker all in one. Her view of me has dimmed slightly, and I know that as she goes farther into the teen years (She's two teen now as she will be happy to remind you.) the day will come when she wakes up to discover that she's been living with an idiot. I will go from wonder woman to pinky from pinky and the brain, or barney from.... well just about any show that has a barney, simpsons, mayberry, purple dinosaur. But for now, she still snuggles up with me on the couch and laughs with me as she kicks off her clothes to play in the surf at LaJolla. I am grateful for this time with her, still young enough to be a girl, but starting to show signs of the woman that one day I will be proud to call my friend.
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Posted by honesttoblog on 2008-06-30 00:38:27 | Rating: | Views: 31
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