One Week Down...hundreds of thousands more to go

I am utterly amazed. BabyGirl has gotten dressed & left for school happily every morning this week. We are nearly a full week from the last major melt-down. I'm a tad suspicious.

I will gladly confess that I have washed the same pair of underpants for her to wear to school every day this week. I have a new blessing for the underpants:

May God bless & keep the underpants in one piece until she decides it's OK to try on a different pair.

A few weeks ago BabyGirl spied a Hannah Montana doll at Wal-Mart. Not willing to shell out $16 randomly, I told her she could earn it. She's been filling out a chart fifty cents at a time ever since (for good behavior & chores completed). She's still about 3 dollars away from her actual goal, but this week has gone so well, I went ahead & picked one up for her today. I can't wait to see her face when she gets home.

She said her next goal will be to earn a Hannah Montana wig...why my blond daughter needs a blond wig is beyond me, but if she's working towards a goal, we're all much happier.

Oh, and she wore a shirt today that was not one of the 3 she willingly wears on a regular basis. February is reading month at school. Today was their Book-a-roo party for everyone that met the reading goals. They were all supposed to dress as cowboys/girls. Art gave us an adorable western style shirt that had belonged to Syd and BabyGirl has never worn. She wore it today along with her one pair of jeans & my cowboy hat. She even let me braid her hair (a rarity as she doesn't like the ends of ponytails to touch her neck or back).

I picked up a new pair of jeans for her today. They are soft and look nicely worn (although they're new). I only hope she likes them. The one pair she has that she'll wear, are a full size too small & I'm pretty sure she's flashed her butt crack at every member of the student body at this point. Please, Lord, let her wear this pair of pants!