Adilyn's Random Thoughts and Ideas

Adilyn has a decent size space between her two front teeth. I don't think it's too big of a deal, and I think it will be better for her when her permanent teeth come in late. Anyway, one of her friends at school busted his front tooth out in an accident, so I guess they were all talking about losing teeth. She asked me one day, "How did I lose my tooth?" I tried to explain to her that she didn't lose her tooth, it's just a space, but she didn't want to believe it. A couple of weeks late, she said, "My friends and I were wondering why I have this huge missing spot in my teeth." I think it's so funny that kids are already talking about things that are "different" about each other.

It also makes me sad to think that there will be things that my girls will be made fun of about. I was made fun of for lots of little things, and I survived, but it is so hard to think about that day one of the girls will come home crying because they were made fun of!

Adilyn is still saying things out loud that are a little inappropriate and awkward, but we are working on it. Yesterday, she said something hilarious, though! We were waiting to pick up Adilyn's BlastBall equipment (that's another story), and we were watching some older girls practicing softball. One girl kept covering 2nd base when she wasn't supposed to. Her coach was getting pretty irritated with her. After he yelled at her for the second or third time, Adilyn said, (loudly enough for all to hear) "Why isn't that girl listening to her coach?" The coach turned around and said, "I wish I knew!" Luckily, everyone thought it was pretty funny!

She was riding her bike down the street, and I was walking beside her. She said, "Mom, look at this." I looked down and she had one hand off her handlebars. I told her that was a pretty good trick, and she said, "Yeah, you probably never saw a 4 year old do that." I asked her how she learned how to do that, and she responded, "My heart taught me how." :) After further conversation, I explained to her that your heart can tell you that you want to do something, but your brain can help you learn it. Later, I heard her tell Cory, "Yeah, my heart and brain taught me that."

Cory has been out of town a lot, and we had gone to the store one weekend to buy some hunting stuff. Adilyn and Cory were walking holding hands, and she said to him, "Daddy, I am so glad you are home."

The girl has a crazy good memory for certain things, and then other things she just can't get right! Two things that she can NOT remember that drive me crazy are the dog's names and how to spell her name. She always calls Willow and Zoe the wrong name, or she will ask which one the black one is. She can remember a certain gas station we went to, who bought her a certain skirt last Christmas, and all kinds of other crazy things; but she can't remember A-D-I-L-Y-N!

Cory has been hunting teal for the last couple weekends in the morning, and Adilyn has been very intrigued by the birds he brings home. She wants to touch their feathers, and she likes to watch him clean the ducks (yuck!) I try not to be super grossed out by it because I want her to not be scared of the process of hunting and all that. It's funny because she always says, "Are these the ducks that you caught?" I think this is so funny to me because I have this picture of Cory running through ponds to catch birds bare-handed!!! :)

Sometimes I look at her, and I can't believe how big she is getting. She wanted to get herself dressed the other morning, and she came down wearing a jean mini skirt and a pink shirt. I got this vision of her as a teenager, and it made me tear up. These years of listening to her crazy ideas and silly stories are going to be over so soon. Before I know it, and we will be faced with listening to her boyfriend troubles, helping her study for test, and worrying about her future and the choices she will make. :)