We were at cousin Lili’s birthday dinner tonight. She had asked for a Friendship Book so we gave her one covered with horses, which are her current passion. All of the children share around Friendship Books here in Austria, writing about likes and dislikes and favourite things. It has been a tradition for decades.
It was a very nice, relaxing time with the family.We had a casual dinner of different fishes on toast, and Lili really liked her gift.
I also learned two interesting things about Annie. One is that she likes smoked salmon. This makes me very happy as, although high in sodium, it is very good for Omega-3 oils. More salmon means less trying to remember to add the flax to Annie’s cereal in the morning.
The other concerns a story I already told on this blog about how Annie pushed me out the door the night she slept over at Oma’s and Opa’s. I was a proud Mama, thinking how independent my girl was and how much she loved and wanted to play with her grandparents. So today I got the real story. The second that she had shuffled Markus and I out the door, she looked up at Opa with her big blue eyes and said, “May I have an ice-cream?” She knows I’m somewhat restrictive about sugar (compared to Austrian’s anyway, who must have the highest consumption of sweets in the world) and wasn’t going to risk asking this while I was in the room. That girl. It is going to be a fine line I will need to teach her to walk between getting what you want out of the world, which is a great thing, and manipulating the people around you. Not so great. I think I have some work ahead on this.
I think pushing you out the door so she can ask her Opa for an ice cream is a LONG way from manipulating the people around you. I don’t think you’ve got anything to worry about.
And if you are worried, perhaps you should stop trying to remember to give her Omega-3 oils…don’t they make you smarter?? 😉
Very good point! Maybe less flax for her and more for me and I’ll have a chance of keeping up with her. At least for a couple more years. 🙂