milk teeth & a lesson.

Ada's 1st milk tooth has fallen out & she is one proud big girl showing off an adorable smile! She reminds me so much of my silly self when I was a child. It makes me happy to rekindle those memories & remember what it was like growing up. The fairy godmother is very generous these days- she gave Ada five big buckaroos! 

This week, Ada taught me an important lesson this week. My mother found a knitted headband at Ada's school (Namaste Charter School). It was purple with pink glittery detail & she decided to take it for Ada. When I gave the headband to Ada, she immediately lit up & fixed the it on her head. She walked proudly around Chinatown with it, dancing & looking oh, so pretty. As we walked to the care ready to head home, I mentioned to her about how Ita Carmen found it at her school, so Ita suggested Ada not wear the band in case who ever lost it  saw it & thought Ada had taken it. But Ada insisted she wanted to wear it. She liked the head band very much, & Ada is not the type of girl to wear hair accessories. She loves her hair free & messy, so I knew she had made her choice about the head band. It would stay on.

The next day I picked her up from school. We held hands walking to the care. I asked what she ate for lunch & if she had fun at school. She responded to my questions in her casual tone. She skips around, waves goodbye at friends, and then turns me & says, "The headband Ita found belonged to my friend. I gave it back to her & she was very happy that she got it back.: I smiled, both inside & out. My girl put others first. My girl made a decision & felt good about it. She adored the headband while she could but knew it belonged to someone she cared & she did the right thing. 

 As we got in the care, she fastened her seat belt & asked where we going as usual. And with that, Life goes on.