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Llemarra
PeaAddict
PeaNut 174269 - 10/25/2004
Posts: 1876 Layouts: 40
Loc: Midwest
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Kind of a spin off from what makes your heart swell thread....
I so miss my boys being younger (they are 23,19,17 now). I would tell them I love them more than..... made stuff up here. I love you more than there are stars in the sky or I love you more than Buddy (the dog) like to scratch. They could come up with some strange but funny things. I think we started saying this after a book they had that we frequently read.
I also miss them volunteering me for stuff for their schools. I was forever getting phone calls says.... Adam, Ian or Evan said you could do this for us. I was very involved in their school when they were in elementary school. I miss those days. |
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bumblebby
PeaFixture
PeaNut 249153 - 2/16/2006
Posts: 3170 Layouts: 0
Loc: Boonies in Ontario | Posted: 10/21/2009 8:30:16 PM
My children are only 4 (ds) and 2 (dd). My dd loves to dance, she doesn't care who is around, if she hears music she dances. I just love it, I stop whatever I am doing and watch, sometimes I join her. I hope she never stops dancing but if she does, it'll be a sad day for me.
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liasmommy2000
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 80815 - 4/10/2003
Posts: 5477 Layouts: 7
Loc: The mitten state
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Oh gosh, I haven't thought of this in a couple of years.
When dd was a baby we had lavendar sheets on her crib. One time she took one of the extras out of her dresser drawer and put it over her head and walked into the living room. I made a big deal gasping "oh my goodness, who is this little purple person and who took my little girl". Then she grabbed it off her head and laughed like crazy. This went on for a few years and she probably did it even occasionally until five or six.
I miss the little purple person game. |
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a scrappin gal
PeaAddict
PeaNut 208960 - 6/7/2005
Posts: 1490 Layouts: 12
Loc: Long Island
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My DS (who is 14 now) & I were very close, as DH worked a 2-10 shift- so he & me were alone every evening for about 13 years (DH is finally back to a normal day) - we developed so many special traditions & other things we did together that it's hard to choose just one....BUT if I had to choose just one it would be the Bugs Bunny cartoon tape we watched (literally all the time - which I simply taped off a marathon on TV Land or something) - anyway we watched it so much & LOVED it so much we could recite entire scences from it - imagine a 3,4 or 5 yo doing this - I can still see him in my mind's eye even as we speak - it was so very precious.
Sometimes today, we can fit in a line or two from a BB cartoon while talking about something - out of the clear blue - which of course will crack us both up - poor DH thinks we are nuts! | |
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CTPea
PeaAddict
PeaNut 181315 - 12/17/2004
Posts: 1108 Layouts: 22
Loc: Connecticut
| Posted: 10/21/2009 9:00:08 PM
I miss the mispronunciations. She used to say "ki want it" for i don't want it. "top it" for stop it. "memo" for nemo.
Once she gets older I will def miss the way she sings at the top of her lungs when she's in the bathroom. LOL. It still cracks me to hear her.  |
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TankTop
Obviously on here too much!
PeaNut 25495 - 12/4/2001
Posts: 5222 Layouts: 37
Loc: Stuck in the 80's
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Mine are almost 10 and almost 5.
I miss when they were little and their little heads would fit under my neck. They would lay on my chest with their head tucked up under there and fall asleep. Heaven sent. |
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fredfreddy
one word, okay, maybe two
PeaNut 120522 - 12/22/2003
Posts: 15593 Layouts: 532
Loc: never in one place very long (...in San Jose, CA)
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Alana
mom to a senior (ack), a 4th grader, and a 1st grader and a scrapper for 9 years | |
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JanellK
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 49424 - 9/18/2002
Posts: 5351 Layouts: 128
Loc: Colorado
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My boys are 24, 23 and 18.
I miss them sitting on my lap. They would crawl up any time I was sitting down. At home, in bed, at restaurants, playing cards, wherever.
Sigh.....
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snackentart
BucketHead
PeaNut 358453 - 1/23/2008
Posts: 727 Layouts: 25
Loc: The LEFT Coast
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My daughter is a teenager now, so I miss hearing her answer me in full sentences rather than these short, one word answers I get now. |
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reality_junkie
PeaAddict
PeaNut 361843 - 2/11/2008
Posts: 1485 Layouts: 0
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My kids are still young, so they still do alot of things that I can't miss yet. But I know for sure some of the things I will miss are: when I pick either of them up at school and as soon as they see me, they run to me and give me a big hug...DS is only 2 and he runs at such speed that he is known to trip or fall, and I love that (not that he gets hurt or anything, but you all know what I mean.
They are still both pretty huggy, huggy...but I can get away with smothering DS with kisses more so than I can dd, who is 7. WHen DS wants me to stop that....I will die . I mean, I really smother them, lol!! |
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mamaof3
PeaNut
PeaNut 57191 - 11/27/2002
Posts: 489 Layouts: 20
| Posted: 10/21/2009 10:03:11 PM
Climbing into our bed on weekend mornings.
Snuggling on the couch and reading out loud.
Movie nights where we all watched the same movie on the same TV.
Themed birthday parties.
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peachpea
BucketHead
PeaNut 308857 - 4/8/2007
Posts: 778 Layouts: 0
Loc: Louisiana
| Posted: 10/22/2009 12:09:59 AM
Mine are 23 and 27. So I miss just about everything. Snuggling with both and shopping with DD. | |
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KaraH99
AncestralPea
PeaNut 58083 - 12/7/2002
Posts: 4226 Layouts: 282
Loc: UTAH
| Posted: 10/22/2009 12:51:52 AM
Mine are all still pretty little, but I don't have a baby anymore and I love babies. I will always miss my babies.
My oldest was so cute. He was smart, smart, smart (still is). He would play peek-a-boo with his burp rag and it was adorable. He would do the actions to twinkle-twinkle little star at 6 months--I can just see his chubby hands doing the twinkle part. When we went out to eat, he was so friendly with the waitresses. He watch them coming and going and charm them to death. I miss that.
My 2nd baby, he was the chubbiest thing. He was so good-natured and sweet. I miss the baby kisses from him (he is still the most willing to give me a kiss). I have pictures of him kissing me at 6 months. He has a dimple and it was a killer as a baby.
My 3rd was always entertaining us. At 13 months, he would sing e-i-e-i-oooo and crack us all up. My husband would get him up in the mornings and he would toddle to my bed and wake me up and snuggle with me. I miss getting woken up by a baby in the mornings. He was also determined to walk and tried sooner than all my children. I miss seeing him try to walk and working so hard to catch up to his brothers.
My baby, well, she is just about the cutest thing ever now with all this personality, but as a baby she was a quiet, serious thing--always watching us. You could see her wheels turning. She was also very flexible--like seriously flexible and she would fall asleep bent in half, like she had been sitting up and decided to fall asleep with her head between her knees. So darling! I miss gluing bows on her head. Now I have to deal with her hair! I loved those bows and she looked so sweet in them, even if she was lacking in hair. |
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StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 172235 - 10/12/2004
Posts: 2067 Layouts: 0
Loc: UK
| Posted: 10/22/2009 1:28:48 AM
I miss them fitting onto my lap completely. We still have a cuddle (standing) or sit together on the sofa with my arms round them but I do miss being able to wrap them entirely in my arms. | |
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candleangie
Sequin Sewer
PeaNut 140337 - 4/5/2004
Posts: 12507 Layouts: 104
Loc: Portland Oregon
| Posted: 10/22/2009 3:14:19 AM
I miss the mispronunciations too. (I'm pretty sure I TOTALLY spelled that wrong. lol)
Callapiter (Caterpillar)
OrMnament (Ornament)
therNomenter (he still says that actually. Thermometer)
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MrsScrapDiva
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 101638 - 8/14/2003
Posts: 2076 Layouts: 2
Loc: New Hampshire
| Posted: 10/22/2009 4:21:04 AM
With my 4 1/2 year old son, I miss the days when all I needed to console him was a warm bottle and lots of snuggly time. I love the way we would look at each other when I would hold him and feed him. |
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TreeLover
Liberally conservative, conservatively liberal
PeaNut 401406 - 11/28/2008
Posts: 8480 Layouts: 0
| Posted: 10/22/2009 7:30:04 AM
My oldest used to loop his fingers around my belt or waistband when we went someplace where my hands were full with his baby brother and I could not hold his hand. He came up with it and I just found it so sweet.
My next two both wanted to be snuggle bunnies. They would hop like bunnies on their bed and then I had to pet the bunnies so they would want to sleep and not hop. I'd go from one room to the next, with my youngest going first since his bedtime was earlier. One night I had petted my middle bunny a long time and he was falling asleep and I got up to go and he said "I am feeling a little hoppy still" and I sat back down and rubbed his back some more and his last words that evening were "Goodnight mom, I am all hopped out". So for a long time when he was tired he would tell us he was all hopped out.
Gosh, I hadn't thought about that in years. He's 16 1/2 now. | |
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2peafaithful
People not perfection
PeaNut 35457 - 4/7/2002
Posts: 21069 Layouts: 0
Loc: Right where I should be
| Posted: 10/22/2009 7:35:20 AM
I miss the easy to please giddy they had over simple things.
Lets go to the park, McDonalds, play with chalk, go for a bike ride. Life was simple.
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KristinL16
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 142870 - 4/20/2004
Posts: 7174 Layouts: 102
Loc: MN
| Posted: 10/22/2009 7:43:18 AM
Well, my youngest is still under a year, but lately I have been missing the way he used to sleep on my chest when he was tiny. There were times that I would have given almost anything for him to be able to sleep better by himself but I really did try to cherish it most of the time knowing that I would miss it. I need to remind myself of that more often when I am nursing him to sleep. I am always trying to rush him to bed so I can do something else, but need to just sit and relax and hold him while he is still for awhile. |
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PlaidFruit
AncestralPea
PeaNut 84430 - 5/2/2003
Posts: 4691 Layouts: 29
Loc: Pennsylvania
| Posted: 10/22/2009 7:55:54 AM
My little guy isn't 2 yet, but when he was very small we spent a lot of time sleeping in the living room chair. As he got older it only happened when he was sick or having a rough night from teething. Now it's very rare, and when it happens it only lasts a couple hours before it's clear that he needs to be back in his own bed.
When my 9 year old step-son was younger and it was cold, he used to sit beside me to watch tv, then he would slowly reposition until his feet were under my leg so he could warm them up. He thought I didn't notice. It happened almost every night. 
When the 7 year old was changing her clothes, she used to pull her shirt almost off of her head, then yell "Lucky Charms!" because the kids thought a shirt on their head made them look like the guy on the box. She also used to say "computilickiler," "helikilopter," and "sploon." I miss those. | |
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Carolina Girl 71
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 217388 - 8/3/2005
Posts: 2177 Layouts: 0 | Posted: 10/22/2009 8:00:52 AM
What a sweet thread with lots of special memories! Mine are 29 and 21, so it's been AGES since I had a little one.
I really miss them sitting on my lap, snuggling, or reading to them, especially just before bedtime when they were tired and really "snuglly". Both of mine loved to be read to, and I'd get tired of it then - but wish I could do it again. Maybe grandchildren someday! |
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Lenos
PeaNut
PeaNut 32975 - 3/20/2002
Posts: 331 Layouts: 2
| Posted: 10/22/2009 8:01:41 AM
I miss hugs. And sentences that do not contain the word "whatever". sigh. | |
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KarinMS
PeaFixture
PeaNut 2874 - 2/18/2000
Posts: 3881 Layouts: 6 | Posted: 10/22/2009 8:06:45 AM
My guys are 14 and 10 and there are so many little things they did that I miss.
This week they are having a Scholastic book fair at my 10 yo's school and I volunteered yesterday morning (and will again this afternoon) and it hit me big time as I browsed the books for sale how much I miss picture books!
I kept the special ones of course but there are so many new ones out and I had to convince myself not to buy a few.
I had the most hilarious conversation with a little SK girl about the difference between picture books and chapter books and she looked at me with complete awe and disgust as she said "you mean the big kids actually LIKE reading books without pictures and with all these words in them?". Too cute. | |
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MotherofJackals
Soylent Green is People
PeaNut 27168 - 1/12/2002
Posts: 17861 Layouts: 23
| Posted: 10/22/2009 8:35:06 AM
I miss being able to hug them all at once. I use to when the older ones were tiny do a big *group hug* on those bad, bad days just to add some silly to the chaos. Now with five of them and two being boys who are taller than me I can't do that. | |
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PeanutPattie
Acidulated Pea
PeaNut 184067 - 1/7/2005
Posts: 19406 Layouts: 0
| Posted: 10/22/2009 8:36:17 AM
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giatocj
PeaFixture
PeaNut 6331 - 8/30/2000
Posts: 3061 Layouts: 140
Loc: Red Sox Nation
Count: 2 | Posted: 10/22/2009 8:47:51 AM
I actually miss going to A Day Out with Thomas twice a year...we always loved that. |
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kriscole
PeaNut
PeaNut 419607 - 4/17/2009
Posts: 103 Layouts: 0 | Posted: 10/22/2009 4:22:28 PM
My ds is 5 now, but what I miss most about him being a baby was him holding onto my pinky finger and rubbing my fingernail while I fed him. What was funny was that if I wasn't there to feed him and he was at the babysitters, he would rub his belly while being fed. The entire time that he used a sippy cup he would still rub his belly while drinking and he absolutely had to be lying down to drink anything out of a sippy cup...I miss my baby!! | |
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Maryland
AncestralPea
PeaNut 87597 - 5/23/2003
Posts: 4722 Layouts: 0
| Posted: 10/22/2009 4:43:33 PM
Everything! I love the baby/toodler stage! | |
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kels228
Mommy to my brave peanut, my princess & my prince!
PeaNut 9609 - 1/19/2001
Posts: 11575 Layouts: 41
Loc: Massachusetts
 | Posted: 10/22/2009 4:48:35 PM
newborns falling asleep in your arms. Just lying on the couch with a newborn all swaddled or snuggled up and having him/her fall asleep all cozy *sigh* |
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Mary Mary
Kneel Before Your God, Babylon!!
PeaNut 140474 - 4/5/2004
Posts: 31221 Layouts: 13
Loc: Hungry
| Posted: 10/22/2009 4:54:42 PM
You know how when you pick up a newborn, it tucks its legs up under its bum? I don't know why, but I absolutely love that. So sweet! I was always sad when they stopped doing it.
And it's always sad when they start to pronounce things properly. I love all the funny pronunciations. |
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radfen
PeaNut
PeaNut 3671 - 4/6/2000
Posts: 107 Layouts: 9
Loc: CA
| Posted: 10/22/2009 5:07:17 PM
Climbing into bed with us on weekend mornings.
Going to the pumpkin patch.
Wearing OSHKOSH and Carter's.
Bringing home art work.
Rita in CA
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crafterbeth
PeaFixture
PeaNut 214305 - 7/13/2005
Posts: 3846 Layouts: 446
Loc: In My Tangerine Scraproom
| Posted: 10/22/2009 5:11:59 PM
Pretty much the same things as you.......
I miss seeing them play together, getting big
hugs and kisses...
I just mainly miss seeing the boys I love so
much.....
older son (age 20) lives in a city an hour away
younger son (age 18) went 750 miles away to university for
his first year.......I haven't seen my baby boy in
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tamisita
AncestralPea
PeaNut 198737 - 3/31/2005
Posts: 4353 Layouts: 83
Loc: Alberta, Canada | Posted: 10/22/2009 5:14:30 PM
I miss when they used to think that I was the coolest, most wonderful amazing person and the object of their every morsel of love.
Now.....let's see....9yo son - I have to REMIND him to give me a kiss goodbye when he leaves for school (and I can tell his heart's not into it.....my 7yo talks back like there's no tomorrow..and my 3yo told me on Saturday that "I am the worst mother ever" because I reprimanded her when she not only didn't listen to me but stuck her tongue out while doing the think I asked her not to do.
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naniwebbEMT
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 307637 - 4/1/2007
Posts: 2686 Layouts: 21
Loc: Utah... where the dinosaurs are!
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UpNorth Scrapper
Seriously warped and appalling
PeaNut 99963 - 8/5/2003
Posts: 9791 Layouts: 0
Loc: Minnesota
| Posted: 10/22/2009 5:29:45 PM
I miss our three imaginary dogs - big dog, little dog, and Marshmallow. They used to go a lot of places with my daughter. |
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cropduster
PeaAddict
PeaNut 250388 - 2/24/2006
Posts: 1202 Layouts: 0
Loc: SE Michigan
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I was just thinking this afternoon about the different little things I miss about my son when he was a baby/toddler/small child. He's 13 now. *sigh*
Let's see...I miss when I would rock him to sleep and if his head was laying on my shoulder how it would be sweaty and I would kiss his little face as he slept. Giving him his bath. Carrying him around on my hip. Helping out in his class in elementary school and how happy he would be. (That started to go away in about the 4-5th grade.) Blowing raspberries on his chubby belly after changing his diaper. The cute pronunciations to different words. Some of those words are a permanent part of our vocabulary. Of course we have to be careful and not say them in front of other people. Such as: tampakes=pancakes, peepa=pizza, high pream=ice cream.
Oh, how I miss him being little. I still steal kisses and hugs from him though. I keep telling him that when he has a chest full of hair and a deep, deep voice and 190 lbs. of solid muscle, he will always be my baby and will always get a kiss and hug from his mom. Of course at 13 he just wants to go  . |
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ostrich girl
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 288003 - 12/18/2006
Posts: 2037 Layouts: 4
Loc: Buckeye Country
| Posted: 10/22/2009 6:31:51 PM
Snuggling.
The right-up-next-to-you-you can-smell-thier-sweet-breath-kind.
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