tinkerbell...

my son loves Tinkerbell.  She's magical and kind and inventive...what's not to love about her?

last night we were at a dollar...discount type store....because my daughter saw a crazy shirt hanging on a rack in front of the store.....she said the design looked like sound waves... looked like a spectrogram... <3 I love her.    and then....we went in and Jude wanted to pick something out...

he went to a Tinkerbell doll....and pointed and smiled...his super sweet smile...with light shining in his eyes.

I said, "Do you want that Tinkerbell?"  and he smiled and nodded...but he wouldn't pick up the doll...he wanted me to take it and go pay for it.

and at that moment...he was so vulnerable and trusting.... trusting that I wouldn't make him feel bad about loving that Tinkerbell..


I would never make him feel bad for that.

and I realized that this moment....was going to have an important impact on him...and it could go one of two ways....and I'm not going to be the one to discourage him about his free choice to love what he wants to love...and be excited about what he wants to be excited about.

He believes in magic...

but not only that.   He had a plan for that Tinkerbell.  She doubles as Joy from Inside Out (Movie)

and he made me sew a tiny little backpack for her...and he created the headquarters out of Lego.  If you've seen the movie, you know what I mean....the little control center equipped with levers and buttons out of lego for Joy (Tinkerbell).



He's so clever and thoughtful...so sweet and kind...so creative...


and I love him.