We went to Culver's this evening for dinner and some frozen custard (and GREAT service!). One the way home Emma began to cry.
A real cry, not her fake one.
She kept saying she wished that I was a little girl like her. And as she cried she told me all the things we would do together...
We would ride our bikes- but not in the road.
We would build sandcastles at preschool.
We would sit by each other at snack time and share our food.
We would splash each other in the tub.
She went on and on, almost inconsolable. Her daddy and I would distract her for a few seconds but she would always pause and go back to tears.
"I just wish you were a little girl with me!" she would sob.
It was breaking my heart and her daddy was even feeling it a little. We had no idea where this sadness was coming from.
Until she said,
"Why did Jesse's owner get big and forget her?"
*ah hah!*
We had watched Toy Story 2 this afternoon and I remember her being very focused and asking a lot of questions during Jesse's song about her owner growing up and not playing with her anymore. Emma was able to express, finally, that because I was big, like Jesse's owner Emily, and she was little, like Jesse, that she was afraid I would forget about her.
After many hugs and kisses I explained to her that she is mine forever. We are a forever family because Daddy and I were married in the temple. She seemed to calm down.
Then we watched the trailer to Toy Story 3 because she needed to see Jesse and Woody with Woody's owner, Andy.
When the toys get dumped at the daycare I just told her they were there for a play-date. I was
not getting into Andy going off to college and leaving them all behind...
We'll save that one for another Saturday afternoon movie!
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