A Little Ambition for My Little Girl

Sienna was still under the weather with a stuffy nose and sore throat. Still she went for her Chinese class from 1-3pm and the birthday party 4-6pm. She was talking about going to the beaches in the summer. How could she miss a party even it was on a pretend beach? The rental space was a gym converted into a few valley ball fields after being poured in with tons of sands from beaches somewhere.

About half an hour into my mall idling, the phone started rang. Sienna gave the birthday girl’s mom my number and had her call me. And I knew why. She was not feeling well. But that was not the whole reason. Sienna didn’t like sticking her bare feet in the sand. The pretend outdoor environment was too untidy for her.

A similar tale before. Sienna refused to crawl on the floor when everybody was told to do that at the school’s gym time. She complained about her knee pain. The teacher told me that suggesting maybe we should check with the doctor. Sienna, right there beside me, didn’t say a thing. Back home, she said to me, “Mommy, do you know why I didn’t want to crawl?” Knowing my daughter, I said, “Because you didn’t want to, not because your knees hurt.” She smiled, “I don’t mind crawling if it’s in the music room. It has a carpet there.” I gave her credit as she didn’t want me to worry about her knees.

Tonight, we were talking about how our daughter is not likely to be the ambitious type: doesn’t want to get dirty… doesn’t want to be tired… Daddy made an attempt to test out, “Sienna, what do you want to do when you grow up?” Not surprisingly, she answered, “Nothing. I just want to be a mom, like my mom.” I rushed to give her a lecture, “but Sienna, do you know how much work I put in to become a good mother like this? I studied and I worked, very hard. For now, I decided to help out with Daddy’s work and take care of you. I am all ready to work again one day. Daddy works, from home. I also have what it takes to be good at what I do.” Was that convincing enough? How come I forgot to tell her this when I went to work everyday? How do I, being a SAHM with no ambition, inject a little ambition into my little girl? Well, at least I will keep her in school as long as I can or as long as I stayed there.

I got this cute little iDog for this birthday girl. Sounds like it can come alive when you feed her music. I love gadgets.