Right Now | The Words

Hi Ali! Thank you for this post. I currently have a 4 (almost 5 year old in July) and a 3 year old. I myself am saying quite a few of those words myself...

Just a minute

I'll be right there

Just stop (this one in particular I am saying a lot! They have seemed to hit the sibling rivalry and tattle-talling stage--at least my 4 year old. My 3 year old son has speech problems and also can't hear only for some mumbling, so he is tattling yet, but he has surgery next week, so as soon as he starts talking, I'm sure it is coming.)

Wait, Please (This one too, especially right after walking through the door of getting kids off the bus--they are in headstart and a special needs pre-k, and this is the most overused saying as they come in and are antsy for an afternoon snack and they try to raid the cupboards before I can even get their backpacks unloaded and jackets hung back up.)

I love you.

Good night, I love you. (Said repeatedly at bed time when my daughter just wants to talk on and on and on and on and on at bedtime to just not go to bed!)

I just wanted to say thank you for letting me know I am not alone in saying some of these things, and that although all I ever wanted in life was to be a mother, it is very trying and very difficult most days and very, very tiring right now. So it's nice to know that others out there are living the everyday human life as well, and not just trying to be supermom! Thanks for leveling with us!

LOVE THIS ALI!! Think a lot of us have to use these words daily too! Thanks for the inspiration!

brings a day in the life to a whole new perspective. Thanks so much for inspiring me to journal!

This is me, every day ... i think it must be the having an 8 and a 4 year old, not that different to yours in age ! I loved this, thank you for sharing. x

There is so much beauty in recording the words we use all the time. Things will change and so will our words ... and without recording them, they will be lost. I love this. Thank you for the inspiration.

OOOOH, I LOVE THIS ALI.

Ha Love this! I have a "Words" for my oldest (14) that I say EVERYDAY actually I just said them to him (first half) as he was about to leave for school....Do you have your ID, Do you have your phone, aren't you gonna grab something for breakfast,Do you have your Spanish Book. I love you. Be Good... Then I have my Littles who has their own lists as well but it's usually different w/the days but for my oldest it's on repeat ha..

love that picture. Now just where did you get those sunglasses?

Ahhh, what an awesome idea of such everyday moments to document. Totally stealing this concept -- thanks for the inspiration :)

I'm loving these prompt ideas Ali! Thank you! Such an easy way to document things you don't want to forget! :)

[...] I love you Mommy. OBSERVATIONS | I’ve had this post in progress for a few weeks after I put the one together about what I say. It was much easier for me to think of things that Anna says right now than Simon. I had to actively think about noticing and remembering what he’s been saying. I think I need to print this one out so I can add to it. And in case you missed it I did a post a few weeks back about the words coming out of my mouth: Right Now | The Words. [...]

I swear I say the exact same things everyday! how funny.

I do this one every November (just 'cause that's when I did the first one) - it's interesting to see how the list both changes AND stays the same year on year :)

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