Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Go ahead and remove my name from the Mother-of-the-Year Ballot

When I was a little tike, I loved The Baby-Sitter's Club books. I read all of them. Even the Jr. Club books (and those were lame). So, needless to say, I was a pretty dedicated member of the Ann M. Martin fan club. In one book (#33 Claudia & the Great Search--google it), Claudia is convinced that she is adopted for a variety of reasons, one of which is that her parent's don't have as many pictures of her childhood as her older sister.


Now that I've taken you through a second grade book report, I'll explain what made me think of that story. Our sweet Lizzie is adorable. She is sweet. She has the most beautiful blue eyes you've ever seen. And, me, her pathetic mother, have a few handfuls of pictures of her.


When Halle was 8 months old, I had a few thousand pics of every possible baby moment available. When Chase came, my documentation slowed significantly, but there are still lots of pictures of most of Chase's babyhood.


I have to remind myself to take pictures of Lizzie. I don't pack the camera around most of the time. If I did, Chase would bury it in the sandbox, or squirt it with the hose. To me, that's a pretty good excuse.


So, one day, when Lizzie comes up to me and asks why Halle & Chase photo pile trumps hers, I'll hand her a really old, ragged copy of The Baby-Sitter's Club because I'm pretty sure that Claudia's parents gave her some good, loving advice at the end of that book.


Isn't it amazing how "literature" can help us out! Thank you, Miss Ann M. Martin.

5 comments:

family said...

Ashley you crack me up! I was the 3rd child and I remember looking at my baby book and wondering what happened- there wasn't much there. So I vowed to never do the same to my 3rd child. Guess what? Derek's baby book looks worse than mine. BTW, I LOVED BSC too!

Brasher family said...

Ash, you make me laugh!! It's true though, I don't have nearly as many pictures of Layla as I did of Ava. And you're right- those blue eyes are gorgeous! Such a beautiful little baby girl!

Dawn Rae said...

Totally love this post Ashley.

Bethany said...

I read the juniors too! We're lame.
Tell you what, next time we're together I'll bring my camera and we'll take pictures of Lizzie and Kennedy only. Bring lots of outfits so it looks like different days! We'll both feel better.

Kristen Brady said...

There's always a good life lesson in the baby-sitter's club books! And, you're right, her eyes are beautiful!