Adilyn updates

My big 4 and 1/2 year old is growing up so fast! I can't believe that in about 8 months she will be starting kindergarten. She is getting to be so mature in some ways. I love talking to her about her day, her ideas, and her friends. She is still very sensitive, and she gets her feelings hurt very easily. She is silly, and she loves to make faces, dance, and play dress up. I can't believe how much she is learning to do on her own, sometimes it makes me sad that she doesn't need me as much, but other times I am proud of her for being so independent.

Here are some of my favorite things that Adilyn says and does these days...

*For some reason she calls where we live "our land." When we go somewhere new, she will say things like, "Do they have Target in this land?" She will also say things like, "How do they talk in this land?" We were at the Frio and she said, "Do they have unicorns and other horses in this land?" I don't why I think it's so cute, but I just love the way she thinks that we have lands like fairies or princesses do.

*It is amazing what Adilyn remembers! We watched a short 30 minute show on Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow games one day. It was basically a show about fairy Olympics. There was this one guy on there who was really cocky, and he kept yelling, "One for the thumb!" I was dozing off, but I think it was kind of like his little cheer that he did when he won an event. Anyway, about a week and a half later we were in the car, and Adilyn just busted out, "One for the thumb! One for the thumb!" It was hilarious to think that she remembered that simple little thing that we never talked about or anything! She kept saying it over and over, so it was kind of bugging me. I told her to stop saying it or it would get stuck in her head. She said, "Uh, Mommy, actually it's already stuck in my head, that's why I am saying it!" Of course, what was I thinking...

*She has gotten to be quite a little helper, as long as she is in the mood to help that is! She will get things for Cory, she will help Kacy reach things, and she will help me clean. Her teachers at school say that she helps them a lot, too. She came home and told me that she was "being the teacher" when Ms. Niroo went to the bathroom, and she sent Elijah and Micah to the back of the line because they were fighting. :)

*Although Adilyn is getting more mature, one thing that she is still doing that drives me crazy is screaming when Kacy bugs here. They will be playing just fine, then Kacy will take something from her or something, and Adilyn will scream at the top of her lungs. I am trying to teach her to just use normal words to tell Kacy what is bothering her, but we haven't quite gotten there yet.

*She will randomly sing some of her words when she is excited. She will say things like, "Tomorrow is Friiidaaay!" or "We are going to Mimi and Poooopppps'ss house."

*I feel like she used to be really timid about trying new things, but now when we go to parks, she is pretty brave. She will climb high ladders, jump off things, and try to go across things that would have scared her before. She still doesn't like playing with random kids at the park when we go, but I wouldn't want to either! I have a feeling that a lot of her personality is going to be like mine.

*She has been having random tantrums, which is new and unexpected! She flipped out when we were at the Frio, and she actually ended up punching me in the face. I couldn't believe it! She started out getting mad about something stupid, and she just wouldn't calm down. Finally, Cory came to the rescue, and I went to take a shower to calm down. He ended up making her go outside by herself to try to calm herself down. Finally she did, thank goodness! I think she throws those fits when she is really tired, at least that is what she says. Who knows?!? Ryan asked her later about why she threw a fit, and she said, "I was just really, really grumpy!"

*Adilyn had been wearing pull-ups to bed forever. I never really worried too much about it, but I really didn't want Kacy to start wearing panties before Adilyn did. All of a sudden, I noticed that her pull-ups were dry for a couple mornings in a row. I asked her if she wanted to wear panties to bed, and she was so excited! I fully expected there to be many, many accidents because she always slept through her peeing before. She had one accident the second night, and since then completely dry! What a relief. It just reminds me of that old saying, "And this too shall pass..." Every time I think that a certain phase will never end, it always does!