1/25/13 Here are some
of the touching and funny things that happened today with Jules. Jules and I went to story time at the library
today. Before we went I insisted that
she try to go to the bathroom. She had
been avoiding it all morning. She looked
at me and must have saw frustration in my face, because got tears in her eyes
and said, “I’m sorry Nana. I’m sorry
Nana, but I don’t want to go potty. I
explained that we all have to at least try before we get into the car because we
can’t stop when we are driving. She
went, provided she could hold onto me (because she doesn’t have her potty
seat). She went and was very proud. We checked some books out at the
library. One of them is “One fish, two
fish, red fish, blue fish” by Dr. Seuss.
We were reading it after lunch. One of the pages says, “Yes, Some are
red. And some are blue. Some are
old. And some are new. Some are sad (picture shows a very sad looking
fish) and some are glad (picture shows a happy fish). And some are very, very bad (shows a big fish
pushing little fish). Why are they sad
and glad and bad? I do not know. Go ask your dad. Well she pointed to the sad fish, tears
started flowing and she began sobbing.
Sometimes she is very emotional and can be very in tune with others
feelings. Sound like anybody you
know? I just held her and asked her if
she felt sad. She said yes, that she
missed her family. We talked about that
a little, the boys are at the dentist, Dad is at work and Mommy will be here
after her nap to pick her up. We talked
about all the other people who are part of our family too. Well,
then we gathered up BooBear and I picked her up, saying, “lets go find
Special Blanket”. We searched everywhere
in the house. I remembered seeing it in
the kitchen earlier and I remembered hearing noises in the pots and pans draws
while I was eating my lunch. I put 2 and 2 together, annnnnnnd opened the
bottom draw, nothing. I opened the top
draw, and there was “Special Blanket”! Jules
thought it was a great joke and was laughing.
She went happily down for her nap.
I will come back and post about the MacIntyres coming to run in the Rock and Roll Marathon. Great times were had by all. Till then, Carol
