Thank Heaven for Little Girls

Blogging everyday is a challenge indeed! Obviously I'm not so great at it, haha. I have been so busy trying to get everything ready for Triniti's first "mock-date". She had been asked to Homecoming by a boy in her grade. She is only in the 6th grade! I was thrown by this at first, but I have been talking with the boy's mother and setting the stage for this to go smoothly. It's going to be a big group of kids their age hanging out at a football game. No big deal. If I make it a big deal, it won't be good...sigh.


Triniti made a garter for him. It's really cute and she did a great job! This was my first home made garter too. Of course all of this is bittersweet because I can't help but realize that  this is the start of a new chapter in her life. The teen-ager chapter. She is such an amazing kid. She teaches me new things all of the time. I'm always trying harder to do things better because I don't want to let her down. She is my inspiration. 

I'll have to post a picture of her and her date later tonight or tomorrow. "Her date", wow, that sounds crazy!

A daughter is a special thing. I can't wait to experience having a new niece as well. I'm pretty sure I will be extra close to Ada because she is so special to me already. She will teach me new things too and I've already made changes in my life to be sure not to let her down. It really doesn't matter that she only weighs 1 pound; she has weight in this world already. 

Happy Columbus Day Y'all

It was a pretty good day today. There are always a few things, but overall...pretty good.

Haden wanted something to eat around 10:30 this morning. He runs to the pantry (where the Halloween candy is) and starts pounding on the door. I go to the refrigerator and pull out an applesauce. He tells me "no" when offered the applesauce. I offer 3 or 4 times and he tells me "no" every-time. Triniti comes in and asks says, "I'll eat it." I give her a bite. He starts throwing a fit. I try one more time to give him a bite and he again refuses. I hand it to Triniti. More fit throwing. Triniti offers him a bite. He says "mama." Why is he so difficult? These are the situations that exhaust me every single day, and there are usually several. It's hard to always "win the battles" when they are so frequent!

In other news, Triniti was in tears today when she found out that her 3 best friends were at the movies without her. Xander went to the matinee with his friend from church and saw them there. These four girls are really close, so she was pretty upset and feeling very left out. What do I do? As a parent I guess there's nothing to do but reassure her that it may not have been a purposely "mean" thing. She will forget and it will be ok soon.