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The Little Lilypad is a lifestyle blog mostly written by a mum to two beautiful, cheeky and entertaining daughters. It is sometimes written by the Man on the Pad or by one of our baby bloggers. Occasionally we accept guest posts too. There is frequently talk of sustainable living, saving money, lifestyle and travel. It is hopefully helpful, sometimes funny and always honest.
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When I grow up ....

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Inspired by Erica and Liz about our children growing up too fast and time going too quickly (and whilst I still maintain that I am 19 and refuse to get any older), when you are a seven years old, all you want to do is grow up.

My eldest daughter said to me quite recently, "Mummy, when I grow up I want to be a vet" and I remember having the exact same conversation with my own mother. At the time I obviously had no concept that "being a vet" didnt just mean cuddling fluffy bunny rabbits and was possibly more to do with putting your hands in places that have no place in a seven year olds mind but nevertheless its funny how time has come full circle.

"When I grow up" or "When I am a grown up" seems to be the holy grail when you are seven but is it wrong that all I want to do is keep her a child. Innocence is short lived and you are a grown up for a VERY long time.

My youngest daughter gazes up at her big sister with awe and complete undeniable adoration and I want to press pause. I know that in a few years time, the little one will be causing havoc in the older ones bedroom and I will probably feel more like a referee than a mum.

So now is the time to take pictures, lots of them, keep the hand written notes that the big (little) one writes to us all because when I grow up (or older) ..... all I want is to remember.

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  1. Yes, I too keep all of the little notes that my children have EVER written to me...how could any mother throw them away?! My daughter wants to be a Vet too...she is now 12, I wonder when she will realise it's not just about cuddling cute pets?! Thanks for linking up :)

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  2. The whole reason I started blogging was to capture memories that we could both look back on - a log of her childhood. REPLY: Erica - I have just bought the girls their own domains for that exact reason!

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  3. Yes, I have written a similar post in the last 24 hours, but you've set me off on one now. What gets me about what you wrote is that I find it SO HARD to throw away drawings, scribbled notes, E's handwriting. It's just all too much for me to throw it away. Lovely Bloke says I'm being too sentimental. But I disagree. I want to see and share their creations - if they are important enough to bring home, surely I should be able to do something with them? Emotionally yours, Liz Weston x

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