During the average school day, it’s me and my three littlest at home. And Asher who homeschools.
In the late morning, I have a bit of barn work to do and that’s when Dora takes over and Asher is “on call” at the computer desk in the next room.
And a chorus of “Can I be in charge?” goes up. From everyone 5 and under.
But there is only one response that works. Some how, some way, when I leave this child as the ‘boss’, I come back to calm. To order. To normalcy.
When any other child is in charge (I’ve even tried this with the bigger kids on the weekends) I come back to chaos. Bedlam. Craziness.
But this morning, Poppy raised the bar. Again.
I went out and, as usual, assigned Poppy as the boss. Vivienne and Tallula have come to almost embrace this as fact – they recognized that they had their chances and well, it didn’t work out so well.
And when I came back in, all was well. No tears. No wrestling over the Leapster. Asher was still at the desk and nary a red flag had gone up.
The girls were nestled on the couch watching the last bit of Dora and, I think, birds were chirping right outside the window.
I commended them and said, “Wow, great job girls! Y’all did so good!”
They all nodded in agreement.
Then Poppy piped up. “Oh – and I made your bed.”
I rest my case.
That is hilarious!!! I have one of those girls too … she is so organized, she puts this Mama to shame!
wow! Can I borrow “the boss” for a few days?
LOVE this!!! I chuckled out loud. Leave it to the littles to surprise us. So cute!
I’m fairly certain you need to move farther south by way of a trip to Indiana…..I’ll bring her back once she teaches my kids a few things! 🙂 She’s awesome!! 🙂
What a hoot . Will she come here and take charge…make beds too?
Wow Awesome! Tell Poppy she can be in charge at my house any time!
cuteness overload!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that’s awesome!!!! sounds like my girls! 🙂
xoxo,
Erika
urthmama.com
So precious!! Such a beautiful smile Miss Poppy has : ) I was thinking back to some of the first pictures you posted of Poppy when you all were in China with her, and how you knew she would have a gorgeous smile…you just had to be patient! What a glorious gift!!
WOW!! Amazing! Unbelievable!
We need a sitter for next Saturday night… is she available?
🙂
Oh my gosh, that is sooooo cute!! She is quite the little helper huh? I love that she made your bed!! 😉 SOOOO CUTE!!
How sweet!
She’s adorable. Did she do your taxes?
Omygoodness! That is SO cute!
Can she make my bed? Do my taxes?And hang out and watch Dora with me? Just for a day? I will return her. She is a doll! What a blessing.
I was so thinking the same thing! Maybe she could give me a few pointers too? I’ll pay in cookies!
OH that girl. Y’know I love all your babies, but Miss Poppy stole my heart from the get go. She was the one you were paper chasing when I first found your blog. I am always so pleased when she finds yet another way to blossom and grow and wave those petals in the sun. Way to up the bar miss Poppy!!! So proud of you!!! And kudos to Lula and Vivi for having the ability to embrace the calm and go with the flow!!! xoxo
Ha!!!! Love it. Absolutely made my day.
oh my goodness! she’s a riot. i need me some Poppy! 🙂
So how much does Poppy charge?
LOVE IT! I have been leaving my, now 7 yr old, daughter and the dog in charge since she could talk! Before long I think its just going to be the dog in charge. Now that she is older and can be bribed the teens seemed to be pulling her to their dark side 😉
I know I already commented but I just had to tell you, I have come back and read this post about 10x! It just makes me smile. <3
So CUTE! Yay Poppy! And I agree with Amy, this post makes me smile!
xo ellie
What a cute story… and you tell it so well.! I love the part about Vivienne and Talulla.
Love this! What a sweet little leader that is so helpful to you and her siblings too! God has great plans for this little one!
i want a poppy!
She is TOTALLY AWESOME!