Each year I take my daughter to breakfast on her birthday. Today started out were we were going to do that very thing. However, halfway to Northworks my car got a flat. Or maybe it had a flat earlier than that but decided to go all the way flat and really cause trouble today. I figured, maybe I’d get some air in it and we’d be on our way. Nope. Air would not go in. So, I called Allison to take Eva to school. I called AAA to come fix the tire. Eva and I had a make the best of it breakfast of Cumberland farms snacks like mini donuts and a lemon pie. It was not the birthday breakfast that we wanted to have together and she was devastated. But she learned a valuable lesson about rolling with things. So did I, I was majorly disappointed as well.
The tire got fixed, I picked up Andrew from Allison at the school, before school started, and we went to get a new tire, a haircut (for him) and many more errands to run before Eva’s big Birthday party, tomorrow. Continue reading Happy 7th Birthday Beautiful Girl→
I was working on the computer this morning and Eva came downstairs carrying four separate bags with 4 Build-A-Bear animals, one in each bag. She was going to visit her cousin for the day where they would be having a Build-A-Bear fashion show. She was trying to carry all the bags at the same time and it was so comical to me that I had to take a photo of it. When her mind is made up about something it is made up. I both love and cringe at that independent streak in her. I love it because she is strong and has her own ideas. I cringe because that will be very hard in the years to come because she is also very sensitive. Even with all the anti-bullying rally cries that are going on right now it may be tough for this creative, independent, sensitive soul and I worry.
We watched this video together. I think that all Dads with little girls should. I think all moms and little brothers and big brothers should as well.
After we watched it we talked about what it means to be a girl and to do things Like a Girl. I’m a little more confident in this strong sensitive little soul we have on our hands. I certainly couldn’t be any prouder although my pride in her doubles daily.
