What a weird thing

I had the strangest experience tonight while trying to blog. At first, my site came up saying that I had flagged it as having objectionable content, and then when I finally got it to come up, everything (except the blog) was in German! Weird! And ironic since I spent all day talking to 3 Germans. But, I'm here now, anyway.

I worked a full day to make up some of the time that I missed for my lasik, and I don't know how full-time working moms do it! I suppose everybody gets used to it, but I could tell that Emily was pretty frazzled tonight. She's still such a trooper, though, and absolutely adorable. Of course!

I've probably blogged about this before, but I am again a bit set aback tonight by a comment that my sitter made about Emily - she's a "sharp cookie!" It's a lovely thing to say about her, and it certainly seems to be true, but I am already wincing at her being labelled. Yesterday, she called her "Miss Music" because she had enjoyed the group singing so much, and my first thought was to tell myself not to get excited and remind myself that she isn't just like me and she doesn't have to excel in music at all. If only she just really enjoys music, I'll be very happy. So, how do I teach her to gracefully accept compliments when I have a secret, irrational fear that every label is backhandedly derrogatory? I mean, I got a nice compliment from one of the Germans that I worked with today, and I had to consciously tell myself to just say Thanks and not try to sluff it off stupidly for fear of seeming elitist. I probably won't have many good examples for Emily to learn by in this area - she'll have to learn from her dad, I guess.

I'm also hoping that she gets his fashion sense, cuz he looks GOOD, and I just look adequately clothed. I suppose the latter isn't an entirely bad outcome, but it'd sure be nice if she had an eye for what looks good and not just what keeps you from being naked. :) Do you suppose if we watch enough episodes of "what not to wear" she'll have a chance??