Growing before my very eyes. . .

It was such a warm day today (in the 70's and 80's) that I thought it would be a shame to spend the evening indoors. The girls agreed with me and we decided to enjoy the warm weather. I spent the better part of the evening weeding my front flower beds. The tulips are coming up beautifully this year. My oriental lillys, day lillys, and hostas are starting to come up as well. In the next couple of weeks I may fill in with some annuals.
Adelle wanted to be my helper. She decided to be my "dirt girl" as she called herself. She gathered dirt from all different parts of the garden and collected it in her bucket only to put it into a big pile in the corner of the bed.
I just had to laugh when she came from the garage in this get up. She stated it was her eye protection. She saw her daddy wearing safety glasses all day Saturday and I think she wanted to be like him. Lydia tentatively asked Wes and I if she could ride to the park by herself. My first internal response was "NO Way". Of course I didn't say this. Wes thought it is about time that she be allowed to go out on her own. The park is connected to our street and is very close and we have talked about strangers a lot! She does walk to school on her own. I had her set her watch to the correct time and advised her she had to be home at 7:30 and no later. She came home right about 7:29, just under the wire. Her first question was "Do you trust me to let me go out on my own again?". She said she had a great time. I asked her if there was anything scary in the park and she responded "teenagers". He He he!

She really is growing up though. She learned in achievement days about a month ago how to make tater tot casserole and she has started making it for us about once a week. It was so great to come home from work today and not have to make dinner.

So my hope for the evening is that Adelle will not fall out of her bed again. The past two nights about 2 or 3 AM I have heard Adelle crying out for me. I wake up in mom panic mode and rush into her room to comfort her and place her back in her bed. I removed the bed gate this weekend thinking she didn't need it anymore. So, my thought after the past two nights is that the gate needs to go back up. My husband thinks that it would be taking a step back and that she will just learn not to fall out of bed. Well the decision came down to Adelle and she decided that she doesn't want her gate. As a parent do any of you ever go through this? I really hope I sleep tonight. Wes advised Adelle if she falls out of bed to just get back up and go back to bed. All I have to say is we'll see.

Well everyone take care!

Liz