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Loving the Extroverted Child

By jessica 2 Comments

Do you have any extroverts in your family?

Ohhhh, we do. Here are some of my mom-of-an-extrovert confessions:

  • I have to drag my children away from extended conversations with the Fed-Ex man, random people walking their dogs, and anyone in a public place who makes eye contact for more than eight seconds.
  • More than once I’ve definitely hovered outside the bedroom door, trying to capture on video my son’s hilarious conversations to himself while “falling asleep.”
  • Several times a day, I’m saying “uh-huh,” over and over, with no idea what I’m agreeing to.
  • I’ve considered earplugs as a sanity-saving measure…

Read more at Stacy’s A Delightful Home. I’m guest-posting there today!

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  1. paula says

    May 27, 2013 at 9:14 pm

    haha too funny! both my kids are extroverts, though they are still quite young it’s obvious. I’m sure we will have many crazy adventures like this as they get older! so fun!

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  2. Aprille says

    May 29, 2013 at 2:27 pm

    8 seconds? my son will talk to ANYONE. Even non-anyones!

    Like this one time, we were walking in the evening, and he saw the moon, and he had to say hi.

    “Hi moon! I Ezra, dis is mommy and dis is daddy!” ROFL

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