Mimi's 10th birthday: A brief rundown of the star Mimi is.

You can never do excellently in raising children, can you? Maybe you've seen a pattern that worked for some others but how do you know it'll work for you?

It's Mimi's birthday today and the only unspoken fear in our minds is,‘ hope we're doing it right '

Mimi has a routine for everyday she wakes up. Her life is pretty simple. Right from the day she knew that it was her right to be loved, she doesn't shy away from seeking attention. She cries at any inconvenience, she demands things and gets them and most importantly, she's a BUG! Arrghhh.

It's very weird that she wakes up before everybody except on school and church days 😂 first to wake up during the holidays and weekends and guess why? I was talking about her routine before I deviated. Lol, soon as she wakes, she brushes her teeth and goes straight to the dinning table where her provisions are kept. She usually has a variety of options- my mummy makes sure of it. She has cabin for cabin flakes, cornflakes, bread, golden morn, custard (which she doesn't like so much) and of course, milk, milo and sugar. Sometimes we wake up and find her eating, other times you just find out cos she'll leave her cup or plate on the table. Yep, one bad habit of hers we've been trying to curb. She's a bit better now. From here, Mimi is free by default except someone has errands for her to run. She takes watching TV more important than house chores, what's her own? Nobody even has the mind to involve her in chores cos we're blinded, lol. She has her own TV seat and no matter how you tell her she's too close, she'll always find her way back. Her favorite cartoon programs are Eleanor of Avalor, Sophia the first, SpongeBob SquarePants, fairly odd parents, the Lion cub, Vampirina, in that order. When there's light in the daytime you know where to find Mimi. In the evenings when our daddy comes home from work, whether there's light or not, you'll find Mimi with him watching ROK... I'm gradually coming to the uniqueness of Mimi's relationship with my daddy.

Other parts of Mimi's daily life would consist of going to school, not observing her siesta when she gets back cos no matter how we've tried, we've finally accepted that Mimi doesn't entertain extra sleep after she wakes in the morning. During this supposed siesta period, you'll find her in the room acting drama alone with her teddy ‘ Fiona', some makeup items, pegs, and any other item fortunate enough to be lying around.

Ouuu, let me add that if you're ever looking for something, ask Mimi. She knows where everything is cos she's everywhere everytime and that's why it's hard to plan a surprise for her in the house cos she'll smell it. We tried this year though cos she's been grinning like a fowl since. My mummy's personal finder of things. It is also around this time she does her sneaky stuff like taking people's phones to take pictures on Snapchat or make really funny videos.

Soon as Mimi could walk, she started following daddy everywhere casual. Did you ever cry as a child to follow your mummy to the market? Mimi's cry used to be to follow daddy to buy bread or petrol. She's‘ daddy's chongaley festo princess' which he started calling her because of her obsession with festo biscuit. These days she's just ‘ daddy's princess' cos she has begun to obsess over bigger things like yoghurt and shawarma. Hehehehe

I remember how chubby Mimi was as a child and how we couldn't pinpoint who she looked like amongst her sisters. Her face was always changing, it could transform to Agie's or Seember's and you'd be like ah na wetin. Finally, God decided to be generous to Seember, now there's no mistaking who Mimi looks like.

Mimi's impeccable accent came from watching so many cartoons and her inquisitiveness. Anything she sees, she wants to understand. Her brain has always been very active so much so that we had to warn ourselves to be really careful around her when she was younger. Mimi is very emotional, maybe it comes with being the last and having so many women around her and maybe how my mummy attends to all her emotions and just like the rest of us, Mimi gists my mummy about everything happening around her. She cries whenever anybody has to travel, she cries tears of joy whenever anybody returns from a journey. Yesterday, I arrived from my journey and met her waiting at the gate... hei God ☹️❤️

There's so many fond memories and so many fun things about Mimi. Seember found this video of Mimi talking about fake life which has been trending for two days now. So many people have reposted, someone even edited it with background sounds and stickers. She has also gotten an impressive amount of money for her birthday- people appreciating how smart she is.

As a child who lives among adults, Mimi is picking up so much. We try our best to be really careful around her but God knows there's only so much we can do.

Tee is an indulgent big sister, she spoils Mimi silly and Mimi loves her stoopid. I'm the strict one 😅, Seember's the intentional one because of course, Mimi cannot fall her hands. Agie is the three of us combined; she's sweet, indulgent, not as intentional as Seember though and in all, very loving and attentive to Mimi.