My New Mentor
by Kym on April 17, 2008
In the fitting room at the local boutique yesterday…
Emma: Mommy? I like this one (petting a mossy green sweater I was about to try on). You like it? You like this one mommy?
Me: If it fits, I will. If not…not so much. (I pull it over my head, eye myself critically in the mirror and let out my sigh especially reserved for fitting rooms). Too small.
Emma: Too small?
Me: Yep. Too small.
Emma: (quiet for a brief moment) You need a get small like me mommy. You get small like me and then it not too small.
Me: Small like you? Now there’s a good idea.
Emma: (placatingly) It’s okay mommy. I show you how.
So Emma is my new fitness guru. I’m putting myself on her diet and following her fitness regime. I may even incorporate a nap into my daily schedule. If it works for her, right?
She’s already swung into action, chastising me when I eat too many sweets (insisting I share in order to cut down on my calorie count), telling me not to drink my water too fast, and urging me to come play.
Who knew the answer to losing the last twenty pounds would be so simple?
20 comments
That’s adorable! Emma is such a cutie.
by Rebecca on April 17, 2008 at 11:52 pm. #
Wow! I should have thought up that one with Mattie. What a great way to have a mentor in the house. FREE to boot!! Anything helps right.
by Jan on April 18, 2008 at 12:34 am. #
I remember when my Mom went to WW when I was about 4. I was terrified that she was going to shrink to my size, teeny tiny and started to cry.
Funny how she felt the opposite.
by Lisa Milton on April 18, 2008 at 12:54 am. #
How cute. And smart!
by Hillary on April 18, 2008 at 1:55 am. #
What a smart girl! Sounds like a plan that could work. Maybe if I got off my butt and played and ran around like my kids I’d get smaller ; )
by Erin on April 18, 2008 at 4:14 am. #
You could totally market that ‘diet’ plan and make billions!
by Deanne on April 18, 2008 at 5:01 am. #
I need to hang out with my eight year old more often. She would be a great fitness mentor. Not her sweet tooth though!
by The Lazy Organizer on April 18, 2008 at 5:01 am. #
Go Emma!!
by Tonya on April 18, 2008 at 5:15 am. #
Hahaha. That’s awesome. She’s so stinkin’ cute.
by Brillig on April 18, 2008 at 5:48 am. #
Tell Emma I need a personal trainer too! That is adorable!
by Julie Wright on April 18, 2008 at 5:56 am. #
So cute, but if you really get as small as Emma, I’m kidnapping you and checking you into rehab!
by Josi on April 18, 2008 at 3:30 pm. #
Aww,ahe’s cute!
by Lael on April 18, 2008 at 5:20 pm. #
Contact Gold’s Gym. They’ve got to hold a spot for her on staff in, oh fifteen years.
by Annette Lyon on April 18, 2008 at 6:20 pm. #
This is probably more of a paranoid comment than anything. But I think adults should shy away from giving children that or any kind of power. After having viewed “Children of the Corn” as many times as I have, I have a profound fear of children taking over a town…and possibly one day the world. I’m just here to warn you, that it all could start with something as simple as letting your daughter dictate what you eat. I hope I haven’t scared you all.
by J. Anthony Holloway on April 18, 2008 at 6:38 pm. #
not a bad idea–smaller portions, insane amounts of bodily activity–now if only they could gift us their metabolism.
by Nic on April 18, 2008 at 8:31 pm. #
AAAANd she can write a book about it, make loadsa money, and you can just live in the lap of luxury. that kid will sort.you.out!
maybe you could buy a new house with the proceeds.
oh…wait…oops.
by holly on April 18, 2008 at 11:06 pm. #
lol. no one needs a personal trainer, they just need emma. so cute!
by aubrey on April 18, 2008 at 11:58 pm. #
She’s so cute. Can I borrow her?
by Jo Beaufoix on April 19, 2008 at 6:01 pm. #
I need a mentor. My son likes too many evil foods and I sadly have no dicipline.
by David on April 21, 2008 at 11:44 am. #
Sounds like a coach to keep! ;)
by Magirk on April 21, 2008 at 6:43 pm. #