You is Kind, You is Smart, You is Important.

I went to see The Help with my family on Monday while Clayton was out of town. If you haven't seen it-go! Oh my goodness, it was absolutely amazing. I will say, it is so much better (in my opinion) if you have read the book first because the movie leaves out all sorts of details. If you've read the book, you can plug those details in as the movie goes.

I read the book before I got pregnant (or at least before I knew I was pregnant) and one of my favorite parts of the whole book was Aibileen tells Mae Mobley over and over again, "You is kind, you is smart, you is important" because her mother doesn't pay her a bit of attention, and if she does it's to scold her. Mae Mobley stole my heart in the book. Well, the little girl that played her in the movie definitely stole my heart as well!

The very first line of the movie is Aibileen telling Mae Mobley, "You is kind, you is smart, you is important."I immediately starting sobbing! This meant so much more to me now with a baby on the way. I don't ever want to lose sight of what's important when we are raising Knox. There are so many things that I already think about-where he will go to school, what sports he will play, what we will do to prepare him for Kindergarten, etc, etc, etc. I don't ever want to forget to slow down and tell him all of the good things that he is and how much he means to me. I know those are the things that get overlooked when raising kids.

I also don't want to ever forget to just let him be little. I think so often in this day and age we expect children to grow up way too fast. While I know I won't be one of those parents who talks baby talk to my kids and coddles them until they're 18, I don't want to forget to just let them be kids. I'm sure this will be no problem since Clayton and I are both just big kids at heart, but I just don't ever want to be that parent that expects her two year old to act like a 5 year old. I want to be able to look back and remember when Knox was in his "terrible twos" and be able to separate that from when he starts Kindergarten.

I keep typing other things and then deleting them because they give away parts of the movie, and I don't want to do that for those who haven't seen it! SO-go see the movie! But read the book first. (:

**After re-reading this post, it's a little scattered, but I'm sure you get the point. My ADD has taken control of my brain in the past few weeks and I can't seem to focus on anything for longer than about 2 seconds!