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Always a Full Day

Helping hands – making muffins with Nana (check out how many barrettes she likes to wear, lol)
so much that needs doing 

from the moment 
she first wakes up 
and looks about the room 
she knows she knows she knows 
this will definitely be
a very full day
there’s just so much that needs doing
in this house

a bite or two of her breakfast 
and she is on the run
leave this here! she demands
no need to tidy behind her
there might be a free moment
to grab another bite 
there’s just so much that needs doing
in this house

she must have a to-do list
though it’s not written down
no sooner is one task completed 
she’s running to the next
never a moment to catch her breath
and she doesn’t miss a thing
there’s just so much that needs doing
in this house

walk the grounds, check things out
look closer at this and that
open cabinets, empty the shelves
wonder - do these fit inside?
wait, what is up there?
get the step stool, stretch and reach 
there’s just so much that needs doing
in this house

yes,
when you are two years old,
there’s just so much that needs doing
in this house

Published ingrandchildrenpoetry

6 Comments

  1. Love how this captures her energy and excitement., especially her demand, Leave this here! (just in case I slow down enough to come back).

  2. Maureen,
    You must put this delightful poem into a personal picture book and include the photo up top, which I am so overjoyed to see. I have a vision of Frog doing the things needing doing throughout the day and you obeying orders. What a delightful image this evokes for me. 🥰

    • Thanks, Glenda! We have so much fun together. This little one is “Bird;” her older sister, “Frog,” is in preschool all day, so Bird now runs her Poppa and me, hahaha.

  3. Maureen – your poem had so much energy too. I love the way you managed to drag the reader into the action, just one step behind you, behind her. “She” remained st the core of the action. All that wnergy and wonder!

    • Thanks, Dawn! Yes, there is so much energy and wonder. I have worked alongside teachers like this – and I think that’s what captivated me, seeing this little one’s endless curiosity and wondering how we continue to nurture this zest for life within her.

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