A measure of love
By Andrea
My daughter Emma (almost 5 years old) will go to great lengths to quantify her love. She loves me much more than just to the moon and back, which is standard fare in most households. :)
I have enjoyed keeping track of just how much she loves me.
She loves me:
* More than all the flies in the summer
* More than all the colors of the rainbow
* More than all of the snow (that one is from back in February. We're in Ottawa.)
* More than all the teeth in the world. (?)
* More than all of the houses
* More than all of the fur on a monkey
* More than all of the leaves on the trees (the fact that there aren't any leaves on the trees around here right now didn't seem to bother her)
* More than all of the mice in the world
* More than all the grass waving in the air
* More than all of the cozy blankets in everybody's closets
Wow. Am I one lucky Mom or what? How much does your child love you? ;)
That is so precious! My daughter and I play "I Love You More..." game. How special it makes me feel!
Posted by: Tiff | March 31, 2004 at 04:57 PM
Just discovered this blogsite through Mindy's--just what I was looking for!
How much does your child love you? ;)
We play this one alot--one of my favorite answers: "Bigger than the universe--and bigger than New Jersey!"
Posted by: jilbur | March 29, 2004 at 02:53 PM
Thank you.
I am almost 30 weeks pregnant, and you have renewed my faith that the heartburn, backaches and inability to see my feet are all completely worth it.
Posted by: sarah | March 29, 2004 at 02:48 PM
The comment about "eleventy" reminded me of this: my mom's friend, who I have known all my life, once signed his email to me "I love you twenty dollars." When I questioned him about this he said he thought I knew what it meant since I had grown up with his kids. When his son was young, twenty dollars was the most amount of money he could imagine so that is how much he loved people. And now at the age of 40 his family is still using that expression!
Posted by: Robin | March 29, 2004 at 01:03 PM
Very Sweet indeed!
Posted by: Emily | March 29, 2004 at 09:16 AM
My favorite 'I love you' has been
'I love you eleventy'
Because, eleventy is a very special number no one really ever mentions, so it must be good.
Posted by: Melissa | March 29, 2004 at 09:08 AM
I just found this site today through another blog and I have to say how much I love it - as a mother I completely relate and love it!
Posted by: cristina | March 28, 2004 at 10:02 PM
Lillianna reads Dotmoms with me every day and she said she wanted to say that she loves me more than the whole world and it's too hard to explain!
Well.....I guess that's all I need to hear!
Posted by: Robin | March 28, 2004 at 07:50 PM
My naughty little four-year-old girl said last year, "I love you more than the stars on my BUTT."
Erm, thanks. I think!
Posted by: Mme.Paquin | March 28, 2004 at 06:08 PM
Oh My Word - that is so cute. You are lucky. I have 2 boys - one has just started to talk and the other is only 6 months and I cannot wait till they tell me how much they love me.
Posted by: Janine | March 28, 2004 at 05:47 PM