Music

Rachel didn't say hardly anything this morning. We were in a bit of a hurry and I think she was still a bit sleepy, but mostly I think she was listening to music. Daddy put some music on, and she seemed to enjoy it (albeit a bit groggily). I had to keep reminding her to get dressed. Every piece of clothing had to have its own reminder, but it might have been just that she was enjoying listening. At least she wasn't unhappy. She even waved after she got on the bus (she put her hand up, anyway. I'm saying that's a wave).

Yesterday after school she just wanted to hang out in her room and look at her "bookzines." I made a definite effort to make sure she likes her room, so I'm glad she does, but I wish she would do some other things. I wonder what she thinks about.

Last night we went and got our Christmas tree. We go to the same Christmas tree lot every year and pick out a really tall "Charlie Brown" tree. We have a vaulted ceiling, so it can be 11 or 12 feet tall, but we have a lot of furniture in a not huge room, so it can't be very full. Also, when we've had the really full trees we've found that it's hard to get all the ornaments on them, so we like them a little sparser. At first she was having fun, but then she started getting upset. I have no idea what set her off, but she started calling everyone "butthead" and then started crying. I tried to hug her to calm her down, but she just got more angry and loud. I finally had to take her back to the car for awhile. After saying things like "mommy die. I hate this. It's stupid. I hate boys" for awhile she calmed down and we went back out and finished picking out the tree. I had really hoped she'd have fun. Her mood didn't really improve after we got home, either. It would be so nice if we could somehow figure out a way to have the things she's always had fun doing coincide with the times she's in a good mood. That would be so awesome. Sadly, her moods can change so fast you'd have to be magic to make that work. And I'm definitely not.