A week or two ago the neighbors came over to play. My kids LOVE Jonah and Nicole, and they get pretty excited when they come over. Well, the boys and Nicole were all playing downstairs, and Ada was pretty excited to have some friends to play with too. She went downstairs and grabbed a puzzle and on her way up she confidently called out "Who wants to do a puzzle with me?" She said it in a very sure voice like she was expecting the whole lot of them to immediately drop what they were doing and follow her. But instead Hayden matter of factly responded saying, "No one."
This was not the response Ada was hoping for and she started to cry. I thought it was kind of funny, but I felt pretty bad for her and I am always a champion for the underdog. I told her . . . "I'll do the puzzle with you Ada!" So we got the puzzle out and we started to put it together. Hayden was so adamant that the last thing they all wanted to do was do a puzzle so I wanted to prove to them just how fun a puzzle really was. So we started putting the puzzle together, and every time I put a piece in I would excitedly shout out some sort of exclamation like, "All right Ada! Wahoo! We did it!" And then I would give her five. It was pretty ridiculous. I admit it. But it was pretty fun. I was doing cheers for us each time we put something together. "Go Ada . . . Go Ada . . . It's your birthday . . . " etc. etc. And sure enough . . . as much fun as they were having downstairs . . . One by one each of the children made it to the kitchen to see what the commotion was. And yes . . . all of them DID end up wanting to do the puzzle with Ada . . . And I slipped away and finished the dishes! I am pretty talented!
This was not the response Ada was hoping for and she started to cry. I thought it was kind of funny, but I felt pretty bad for her and I am always a champion for the underdog. I told her . . . "I'll do the puzzle with you Ada!" So we got the puzzle out and we started to put it together. Hayden was so adamant that the last thing they all wanted to do was do a puzzle so I wanted to prove to them just how fun a puzzle really was. So we started putting the puzzle together, and every time I put a piece in I would excitedly shout out some sort of exclamation like, "All right Ada! Wahoo! We did it!" And then I would give her five. It was pretty ridiculous. I admit it. But it was pretty fun. I was doing cheers for us each time we put something together. "Go Ada . . . Go Ada . . . It's your birthday . . . " etc. etc. And sure enough . . . as much fun as they were having downstairs . . . One by one each of the children made it to the kitchen to see what the commotion was. And yes . . . all of them DID end up wanting to do the puzzle with Ada . . . And I slipped away and finished the dishes! I am pretty talented!
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