A Kick in Her Step
“Pull Quotes” of a 4 Year Old: Weeks 17-18
At one of the first events we took her to in our town center, my daughter saw a local troupe of girls perform a traditional Irish step dance. Among the many moves (which range from balletic to modern and include her “hip, hip, hip-hip”), there has always been a little (literal) kick in her step. We surely, at least in part, owe it to that fateful trip to the center of our town.
Speaking of moves, we’re just under a month away from her first ever dance recital 😮😭 for the class she’s been taking (and loving) every Saturday morning. I’m not sure what the bigger mess will be: the wily bunch of 4-year-olds attempting to remember their choreography and their places, the inevitable mob of family and friends in attendance for half the dance center’s enrolled children, my daughter’s former-dancer mother, or me witnessing her first performance ever. It’s going to be something.
Missing “Pull Quotes,” have you? Find more from before:
😀 A Personality (Weeks 1-2) | 😱 A Flair for the Dramatic (3-4) 👹 An Active Imagination (5-6) | 🙋🏻 A Growing Independence (7-8) 🏡 A Happy Homelife (9-10) | 💝 A Sweet Heart (11-12) 👀 Her Mother’s Eyes (13-14) | 🚀A Sense of Adventure (15-16)
Ladies and gentlemen… I give you “Pull Quotes”:
Monday, Apr 23
“Do your eyeballs get big when you’re 5?”
Tuesday, Apr 24
“You have to pologize.” (apologize)
Wednesday, Apr 25
“Uh oh, spaghetti-o”
Thursday, Apr 26
“Oops. My mistake.”
Friday, Apr 27
Daddy: Are you going to eat the whole thing? Daughter: Are you hungry? I won’t eat the whole thing if you’re hungry.
Saturday, Apr 28
Daughter: Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Mommy: (as mirror) Snow White is. Daughter: Send her to the forest. Mommy: Ok, I did. Daughter: Ok, I will check my computer….boop boop boop. No you didn’t. You sent her to the backyard and now she’s playing.
Sunday, Apr 29
Daughter: Do you want the Yankees to win? Daddy: I do. Daughter: I want the Yankees to win too. Daddy: That’s my girl.
Monday, Apr 30
Daughter: Dada, hide. Daddy: I’m gonna hide here. Daughter: No, she will see your tuss (tush).
Tuesday, May 1
Mommy: What do you want for breakfast? Daughter: You pick and surprise me!
Wednesday, May 2
“You can’t just steal the lollipops. You have to pay.”
Thursday, May 3
“Ssiquant” (croissant)
Friday, May 4
“I think it was like a chickmunk (chipmunk).”
Saturday, May 5
“Do you want to snuggle with us? Snuggle family.”
Sunday, May 6
“This one is a magic muffin. If you eat it, you will be happy.”
There is almost always dancing popping up throughout the week. Whether it be at the end of movies as the credits roll, in the car when one of her favorite songs comes on, “presenting…” performances with or when visiting cousins, or just simply on her own, this kid’s heart beats in time with a happy rhythm. And it warms mine just the same. Or melts it when I get to join in as her dance partner.
If you’re happy and you know it, and you really wanna show it… 👏🏽
Editor’s post-script: Read the next in this series below:A Song on Her Lips