Mama Loves: Little imitators
Yesterday I wrote about how I want my kids to choose me as their best friends. For a while, I’ve got that. They LOVE me! They want to be just like me. For now anyway. I love that in spite of all my many, many mistakes — maybe because of my mistakes — they still love me. They still want to imitate me.
Now, some days the imitations are really annoying. I hate seeing myself in them — like when they repeat me saying I hate something. Ellie has recently declared “hate” as her favorite word. Once again God uses my kids to remind me of my shortcomings. I don’t like seeing my failures or the areas where I need to grow. That part’s not fun. But I do love seeing me through their eyes. I love seeing how wonderful and fun they think I am. I love that they think me worthy of imitation. I know I’m not always, but it’s nice to know that once in a while I do something right.
Lately the most frequent imitation (other than using the word “hate” far too often) is playing guitar. I’ve mentioned in previous posts that Rick bought me a guitar for my birthday this year. I LOVE it! I’ve wanted to learn to play forever, but could never justify the cost for something I didn’t think I’d ever have the time to work on anyway. It was a wonderful suprise, a perfect gift. Anyway, I am finding time to learn and am having SO much fun with it. Practice time is tough, though, because it almost always gets hijacked. Like this.
I love it. To use one of my Mama’s expressions, it tickles me to my core. Yes, the control freak part of me tenses at the possibility of a three-year-old dropping my precious guitar, but the real part of me remember that that three-year-old is way more precious than a hollowed out chunk of wood and strings.
Your turn! What can you find joy in this week? How can you focus on the lovely, the true, the pure, the good of life?
Posted on April 28, 2009, in imitator, Mama Loves, music. Bookmark the permalink. 7 Comments.
Ah, so the three of you can learn together!
Awww…so sweet that they are imitating you with your guitar. I’m sure it must make learning more enjoyable!
First of all, I am in no way offended by your green walls. Second, your kids look so big that I feel ancient. Third, I especially loved the cacophony of two cherubs singing completely different songs at the same time with a completely out-of-tune purple (and non-offensive *grin*) guitar. It’s like I’m on the phone with you right now!
I ADORE your green walls – can I steal the color? Where did you get it?!?!
*ahem* back to the actual subject of your post. the 3-year-old imitates me all the time and it’s really made me pay attention to what I say and do. It’s amazing the little words and phrases they pick up on! Nothing like a toddler to remind you how positively nasty you can be sometimes.
They are so adorable! The kids loved watching the videos.
Reading this on my Iphone! Resting in starbucks and drinkable coffee and reading your blog, the 21st century it is really astonishing. Susan1962
That is just too cute!! Thank you so much for sharing. My how they have grown!!