女大十八變。。。

女兒剛到十三歲，感覺是懂事了很多，說起話來小大人似的，比我這個當老媽的更理智些。。

昨晚，上完大提琴課，已快八點，天烏黑，空氣凝重，快下雪了！我們急急忙忙地往家趕。一路上，看到有人家門前，掛滿熠熠閃爍的紅綠白色，還有鹿啊聖誕老人之類的。女兒感歎，Mommy, 我們也該裝飾一下咱們的房子了！我點頭同意。 “我知道，Mommy沒時間，也沒有錢。。。

講到聖誕禮物，她說，Mommy, 你準備給我買什麽呢？我說，你要什麽？她說，我就要雙Puma的鞋，沒其他。My friends make long wish lists to tell their parents what they want for Christmas. Mommy, you are lucky that I am not like them. 不過，我會Make A Wish List. 但是，你不用給我都買。把list放在冰箱上，以後，我如果考試得高分，或得什麽獎，你就可以給我買一樣， 鼓勵鼓勵我。（她就是這樣，經常引導我，如何來帶她）

又說道，她的朋友都有個長長的wish list。 有一個人要一個Tiffany的戒指。I do not understand why she would ask for a Tiffany ring. It is so expensive. She is not old and responsible enough to take care of an expensive Tiffany ring. She will lose it. I won’t want a ring like that. I will wait until I am older enough. Maybe when I graduate from high school, Mommy, you can get me a Tiffany ring. （又來引導我了！）

Talking about private schools, “Quite a few of my friends are having interviews with private school these days. Their parents are willing to make the investment on private schools. That is understandable. But I do not need to go to private schools. I know our town has very school system. I can do very well in our public high school. I am sure I can get into one of those ivy leagues. I can do it!”