Letters to My Children - June 2013

Dear Jillian,
You're my third child, my girlie girl, my social butterfly. You would attend or host a sleepover every single night of the week if we let you! It has been that way from the time you were a teeny tiny 3-year-old in pre-K and you knew every single person in your school, and they knew you too. And loved you. And what's not to love?? You are funny and sociable and kind...but you definitely put your own spin on things with your somewhat dark sense of humor (gee, wonder who you got that from??). Like the Halloween - I guess you were about 4- when your older brother and sister were wearing doctor scrubs...we were looking for some fake blood to smear on their scrub tops and you innocently informed me you needed fake blood for your costume too because you were going as a ''bloody Whinnie the Pooh''!

You are definitely your own independent person and I love that. I think it is fantastic the way you mix and match and cut up your (old) clothes to make new styles. You are so creative! I think it is great the way you over-organize your stuff, carefully laying out your outfits for each day of the week and labeling each pile with a detailed sticky note, and writing out down-to-the-minute schedules for each day. You crack me up but these are great skills you are developing. I love that you love school. Try not to let that change. You are a born leader and you are going to do something big someday, I am sure of it.

You got a big surprise this month when we got our new puppy, our teacup Chihuahua, Rocky. I can tell you two are going to be great buds and you are doing a great job of helping to take care of her.

I am glad you are my kiddo! You bring a whole new dimension to my life and I hope we will always be shopping and mani-pedi buddies! I will even let you squeeze the fat on the back of my arm :) :)

Love,
Mom

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