lizzie today

I tell you, going to work in the morning is a struggle for me. Not that I hate mornings because I don't, as what I have stated here. The very reason for my struggle is my 2.5 year old daughter. She just won't let me go. This is how a typical morning goes in Dela Rosa household:

Lizzie (still stretching on her bed, with her jammies and soaked nappies): You buy egg today mama?

Me (dressing up for work): Yes honey. How many eggs do you want today?

Lizzie (starts whining): Don't buy egg mama. Let dada buy egg please?

Lizzie continues (this time with her hands clasped as if in prayer): Please mama?

Me (in the verge of tears. always!): Dada doesn't know where mama buys the eggs so Mama needs to go. Ill be back after 9 hours promise.

Lizzie: Promise mama?

So tell me, how can this not be a struggle?

(note: buying eggs for lizzie is synonymous to going to work. she just doesn't want to use work in our conversations)

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I was home the whole morning today so I spent it checking my mails and blogging (lol!). Everytime I'm home, I make it a point that Lizzie is not with the yaya but with me. She was on the floor with her sprites (from McDonalds) and some flashcards she got for Christmas. I was glued to the laptop when I suddenly heard her sing the A-B-C. Here's her version of the alphabet:

A B C D E F G U V R Z L Y T

Me: Liz, that's not the right way to sing ABC. Listen to mama (then I sing the alphabets correctly)

Lizzie: I'm tired na mama. Ill play nalang.

Ngayon palang nakikita ko na kung gano sya kasipag. Lol!