Fragile Flower

Poor little Bella has had so much this week, she's been a bit bruised as a result:
- Lots of activity last weekend with PapaBam in town, lots of Freddie the Dog, and lots of Daddy being around.
- Then Tuesday, Daddy's back to work, Papabam are gone, and Jenny got sick...
- Wednesday she was under the weather herself, and stayed in her PJs the whole day!
- Thursday, she went to swimming (with a great new teacher) AND a new Spanish preschool class (with Mommy - we'll be a spanish speaking house soon enough!)
- Today, she had her first day of preschool. And when she walked in, her favorite spot on the carpet was taken, and she just stood and cried. But by the end of class, she was right back in the action!

The past few nights, with all of these changes, Bella has had a rough time going to sleep - she's been on her way down, and then wakes back up suddenly full of sadness and concerns: They changed the playground at school, replacing the rocks with a spongey surface and she misses the rocks. Georgie said something. Daddy wouldn't read a 5th book for bedtime. Mom didn't do something exactly right... all very dramatic and tragic stories, with whole body wracked sobbing.

And sadly, when she would rev up with her concerns, she'd demand Mommy to help her out - Daddo just wasn't cutting it. So the week was a little long for me too...

Today, as she played in the neighborhood, she pretended that the Arm Eating Monster had eaten her arms (as it is wont to do) - and she pulled her arms into her dress. Then she decided to run away from said monster (despite the fact it had got what it needed - her arms). Of course, she tripped on the driveway and fell straight down, unable to catch herself with her arms (which were trapped in her dress).

Not to worry, nothing broken, nothing chipped, nothing too scraped. But her forehead and nose got a bit scraped up. I'm calling her Rudolph the Red Nosed girl.

But tonight, she was all cuddles and ready to snuggle down to sleep with Daddo, and it was just wonderful. I'm looking forward to a fun weekend with my little Rudolph.