One of the girls in her class brought up her baby doll named Jesus. At that moment, Adeline tuned in and became part of the conversation. "Mia, you know Jesus! I know him. Yes, I know Jesus. Jesus has a cross. Did you know Jesus died on the cross for your sins. He died on the cross for my sins too. He died for everybody's sins." The poor little girl came back to Adeline with, "I don't want to talk about death."
That's my Adeline. You never know what you are going to get. She looks small, dainty and almost fragile but this girl is strong, confident and full of stories.
Adeline goes against the grain of being a girl. Other girls do NOT like this. They even tell on her when she won't be the Mommy and insists on being the Daddy. Adeline will NOT be the Mommy or the Sister.
Adeline likes to play with trains, cars, and Legos. The only way she will pick up a baby doll is if it is our baby doll that is dressed in blue. It's a boy of course.
She doesn't like pink. . . and HATES bows ( she even complains that there are 1/2 inch bows on the back of her Gymboree socks every time she puts them on. I never noticed the socks had bows until she pointed them out.) I put bows in her hair anyway. Does that make me a bad mommy?
Her favorite colors are dark blue and green.
She loves to wear jeans and t-shirt. I showed her a dark blue dress in the store, a few days back. I thought I had a chance of her liking it. I was wrong. "Mom, you know I just like jeans. Look at these jeans. These jeans are nice."
Adeline HATES having her hair done. She often tells me, "I want to look crazy today." Meaning, she doesn't want me to comb her hair. When done combing her hair, she requests one ponytail in back.
Adeline's best friend is Anthony. She couldn't care less about the other two girls in her class. Adeline adores Anthony and Anthony adores Adeline. He will even sneak her name on her paper for her because he has noticed writing is one of Adeline's challenges. Everyone says they are two peas in pod. It's cute. Just not typical.
My point here is that Adeline has yet to embrace her feminine side. She gravitates to all things boy. However, when you take a good look at her, there is a beautiful, feminine girl trying to crack out of a very boyish shell. While most days she is sporting crazy hair and the jeans/t-shirt looks (if not an astronaut or fireman suit), every now and again, I get a glimpse of my beautiful girl - looking girly.
If she were choosing pictures to post, she would most definitely choose this over the above! I love that she doesn't care what the rest of the world thinks!
