Emotions!

I have to tell you a story about my girl. I have two of them and I love them to pieces. They are the princesses in our family and precious in the eyes of our Heavenly Father and ours. Of course, with that, comes also a ton of emotions. Yesterday, the kids were having a quiet time and Mia was in her room playing with her legos. She came out crying uncontrollably. She said that one of her lego pieces was stuck so she was trying to get it apart, with her teeth. (a rubber tire piece) Now how many times have I told the kids not to use their teeth for things like this? (Of course I didn't say that right then though.) She then told me that she swallowed it and that it went down her throat and she will never see it again. Through all of her talking she was still crying. So after about 15 minutes of trying to comfort her and talking with her, while she was still crying, Ethan got her the rubber tire piece from their room and gave it to her. He was so sweet about it and said, "I found one for you." That made things better but she was still crying because she lost her own piece. After talking more, she said that we could find it after it comes back out (good science talk with everyone) and just wash it off (which that made me almost throw up) she started crying again because she couldn't find the new piece Ethan gave her. I started looking in her pockets, she was wearing the overalls that she got for Christmas. I felt in the very front pocket up by her chin, and guess what? It was the rubber tire that she THOUGHT she had swallowed. :o) Her face lit up and she gave a little giggle and was so happy after that. My how emotions can change at the switch of a button. I was rolling on the ground laughing. At least I really wanted to, but I held it in. 


I am constantly reminded, especially with my 4.5 year old, that girls are so different then boys are. They need so many more hugs and cuddles. They need to be talked to differently. And played with in a different way. Sometimes the boys just look at me and throw their arms up like saying, "what do I do?" I guess it is good training for them also in knowing how to take care of a girl. They will have to someday. And might as well start figuring things out right now.  It will be by God's grace that I don't break my girl's spirits. I don't know how many times I get mad at them (really just Mia right now. Lily isn't there yet) for being so emotional about the silliest things.