Camouflaged Love

Today was camo day at The Bud, which sent me scrambling to find something for Hads to wear. Camo doesn't hang a plenty in her closet, although if it were pink or bling day we would be set. With limited notice and my lack of patience in my current state (who am I kidding, I've never had patience), I settled really quick when I found shorts on sale for $3.00. Since they were very "boy" and very long, we cut them off and added some bling. She deemed them comfortable, which is her major requirement when it comes to clothes these days, so they may become a staple in her wardrobe.

Today was also her first field trip, which meant her first bus ride. To say she was excited to ride the bus would be an understatement. I tried not to imagine my little baby on the BIG bus. I think in her mind the bus ride trumped the field trip. The parents were invited to meet the children at the Arts Center. Since it was Hads first field trip, I just knew she would want her Mama there. UMMM not so much. When I asked her if she wanted me to go with her, she turns her head up thinks for a few seconds and then says, "I think I will just go with my friends." Dagger thru my heart, I explain that she can still go with her friends, mommy will just meet her there. She reluctantly agrees I can meet her there if I want to. All warm and fuzzy, loved and needed I meet her at the show where they are set to see The Puppet Guy perform Circus Fanta-Sea. Thankfully, my heart didn't take another blow and she was glad to see me, even sitting with me for part of the show, before sweetly asking me if she could go sit with her friends. It was a great show and the kids loved it. When it came time to leave, Hads stands up files away in line with her classmates and doesn't even give me a second look. Clearly, she suffers from severe separation anxiety.....