1) she holds my horses while I bathe them - normally I have to hold the leadrope and bathe at the same time! SCORE!
2) people everywhere fawn over her accent
3) people everywhere are impressed with my translation abilities when someone tries to speak English to her and she just gives me the "help me" stare
4) when we're away from home she follows me around and doesn't like being without me and it's cute... kind of like a puppy
5) I have someone I can talk to in public so no one can understand what we're saying
However, I am now getting a taste of what it is like to be the mother of a 15-year-old child. She has such a mouth, and what's so funny is that no one can understand it but me. When I drag her away from the computer to places she doesn't want to go (for instance, my sister's house) it's "But I don't want to speak English. I'm tired, you can't make me go. If you make me go you'll be sorry. YOU ARE SO ANNOYING. I HATE YOU." and "I don't understand why you can't just leave me home alone. I'm 15 years old for God's sake, I can take care of myself!" She is just the cutest thing in the world but she is EXHAUSTING! I don't know how you guys do it, I only have her for 3 weeks and then I give her back to mommy - if I had her until she was 18 I might strangle her.
Kudos to the mothers of teenagers who put up with lip like that on
a daily basis for years and years at a time!
2) people everywhere fawn over her accent
3) people everywhere are impressed with my translation abilities when someone tries to speak English to her and she just gives me the "help me" stare
4) when we're away from home she follows me around and doesn't like being without me and it's cute... kind of like a puppy
5) I have someone I can talk to in public so no one can understand what we're saying
However, I am now getting a taste of what it is like to be the mother of a 15-year-old child. She has such a mouth, and what's so funny is that no one can understand it but me. When I drag her away from the computer to places she doesn't want to go (for instance, my sister's house) it's "But I don't want to speak English. I'm tired, you can't make me go. If you make me go you'll be sorry. YOU ARE SO ANNOYING. I HATE YOU." and "I don't understand why you can't just leave me home alone. I'm 15 years old for God's sake, I can take care of myself!" She is just the cutest thing in the world but she is EXHAUSTING! I don't know how you guys do it, I only have her for 3 weeks and then I give her back to mommy - if I had her until she was 18 I might strangle her.
