This little girl of mine

This little girl of mine

She loves to cook. Complete Mess up puzzles. Read books. Hug stuffed animals and babies and blankets. She insists on jumping (hence, our friends with the kiddie musical trampoline are her favorite house). She waddle runs with the best of ’em. She’s a doer and a lover and a I-want-it-my-way-er.

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This girl can eat as much as a grown man when she chooses to like the food. Bread and fruit rank top, cheese next, then sausage and beets. Her opinions in food baffle (and frustrate!) us at times, demonstrating the strength of her will. “Eat” is her favorite word with “more” coming in a close second. Given the right environment, she’ll eat anything and everything and will still sob when she’s removed from the table because her parents have determined she could not possibly eat one bite more. Once, we’ve seen her sign “all done” after eating. But if a banana were offered, I know she’d squeeze something out right then and there just to make room.

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She makes ornery adorable with all the chewing and snuggling and drooling , but she’s still ornery these last lot of days. The two molars that popped through yesterday are surely a cause; one can only hope they’re the main cause. Happiness is hit or miss with her recently. Unless, of course, she’s offered a banana.

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And of course, words about her would not be complete without including The Brother. Their love-hate relationship is intensifying with her growing opinions. First-born Corban will scream, “I WANT THE FIRST ORANGE,” only the very next day to suggest, “Mom, it’s a good idea if Jaeda has the first orange. Look! I’m loving my neighbor!” Little sister Jaeda will sneak his puzzle pieces away one-by-one until he’s so fed up with her stealing he breaks out in screams or sobs or punching the ground. Then other days, she sweetly hands him each piece and they complete it together. It’s a difficult task for parents, maneuvering their developing relationship, intervening or allowing them to work it out, forcing apologies or allowing natural consequences to take place. I’m thankful to be watching wonderful moms and dads who love their kids in these circumstances and are teaching us as they do it. And also for God’s Word which has much to say about brothers living together in unity and how to love even the hardest of people.

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