I Am Way Too Critical
By Susan Mercedes. Filed in Family |
I had to bribe my kid this morning. She wanted to do a tickle fight. I hate being tickled. Hate it. I causes me anxiety. I think I’ll blame my brother, who is older and I’m sure tortured me as a kid.
So I told Elle that if she made and brought me a cup of coffee I’d do a tickle fight with her. Yes, I’m *that* mom. Bribe my kid for quality time and memories.
Anyhow, my kid is a doll and quickly agreed. Not only did she bring me coffee, she also brought me a cute note.
Note stated: YOUR THE BEST!
My first response was, “Awwwww, so sweet. I love you.”
My next response was, “Oh honey, let me show you something.”
And the note became a spelling lesson.
You are = You’re
Here’s proof that I’m a horribly critical mom!
Please use a mirror to look at the image. Image also shows that I can’t get my iPhone to send emails and I had to use my MacBook Pro Photo Booth to snap the shot. And Photo Booth apparently only takes photos backwards. My kid DOES NOT write her words backwards. She’s not that talented.
Saturday, February 27th 2010 at 10:51 am
I wish my kid was coordinated enough to make coffee!
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Susan Mercedes Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Aims: Buy a fancy “push a button” espresso/coffee maker. That’s the only way I get coffee delivery from a 10 year old.
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Sunday, February 28th 2010 at 9:01 pm
You are a wonderful mother and your daughter ADORES you. I’ve seen it in person. Oh, and I am incredibly impressed that she knows how to make coffee! Don’t you have like a super fancy coffee maker too?
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Susan Mercedes Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Summer: Thank you darling. I’m pretty much the luckiest person alive with my kid. At least that’s how I feel.
My super fancy coffee maker makes it easy to make…just a push of the button. Hell, I can even cook coffee using that contraption.
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Monday, March 1st 2010 at 11:13 am
Love it–I would do the same thing!! By the way, we need to get Elle out to the 209 pretty soon here as my kid LOVES a good tickle fight!
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Susan Mercedes Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Suz: A visit to the 209 (is that gang talk for your hood?!) is a great idea! Let’s plan for a long weekend between now and this summer. For sure. Love you.
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Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 at 7:47 am
You can get PhotoBooth to flip that. I had the same problem on my blog trying to take a photo of what my t-shirt said. I ended up choosing the mirrored image thing so that at least one of the photos would be right. Then someone told me that if you click on View, there’s an option there to flip the images. I could even look it up right now on my own MacBook Pro’s Photo Booth. But I’m lazy. So, good luck with that.
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Susan Mercedes Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Natasha: Thanks for the help! I haven’t been brave enough to try it yet. I feel like I need supervision when doing new stuff. Maybe I just need more wine.
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