i was dressing aubren for bed the other night and her shirt got tucked into her pants. it looked so cute, because her pants were high waisted and her "little" belly popped out. i told her that it looked really funny and she should go tell daddy that she looked like urkle from "family matters." she told me "no," so between laughs, i called trey to come and look at her. when he got into the room she started crying from embarrassment.
i felt horrible because i had hurt her feelings. as trey was calming her down, telling her how beautiful she was, she responded while crying; "no, daddy, i'm not beautiful. my shirt was in my pants." my heart sank and the experience reminded me again just how much aubren looks up to us. she listens carefully to the words we say and how we say them, and she sometimes misinterprets their meaning.
needless to say, i won't be telling her how funny she looks anytime soon!!
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Sweet tender girl! I hurt Hampton's feelings last night and felt terrible. I cried and beat myself up over it long after he had moved on. They are so impressionable right now :)
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