Updates

I've been pretty bad about blogging lately. What have I even been doing? I just finished hanging and pricing all of Sage's fall/winter clothes since birth and turned them in this week for the big consignment sale. This was an unexpectedly emotional thing for me. The things seemed so little, and not all of them were that long ago. I found her first outfit for church that was a preemie dress. How was she that small? More importantly, how did it go away so fast? Now she's on to bigger and better things...like shoes that look like little mice. :) Ah, there's still fun to be had.

For whatever reason, Sage has been pretty teary at school and even more shockingly at dance. Her school teacher asked me this week, "Is Sage going to be here tomorrow?'' Of course she was, and with my reply the teacher said, "Well she said that she's not coming tomorrow--that it's her birthday party." Considering her birthday is in January, that's an early start. She's been complaining of her leg hurting when they're playing outside. After ballet, her teacher came out and asked me if everything was ok, that she was a bit teary. She said that when she asked Sage what was wrong, she said, "My leg is hurting. I hurt it on the table at my birthday party yesterday." SO, with that said, I got to talking to her later and asked if her leg really hurt. Of course she was "kidding." I explained to her the next time she "kid" that way, that I'd be taking her to the doctor. The next day, after a week, was the first time she didn't tell her teacher her leg hurt. One problem solved. I think it's some kind of separation anxiety she's having now, but she's been going to school there for 2 years now. She gets a treasure at school everyday at the end of the day. It is a very big deal to her, so I told her that if she cried all day, that she wouldn't get a treasure. We'll see if that works.

Sage really likes our new car. She thinks she's supposed to watch a movie with her headset on if we drive out of the driveway. She is ready to put some babies in the car next to her. That was the only thing we could console her with when we got it because she freaked out. She did not understand where "our car" was, but all it took was saying, "Sage! We've got to have room to put babies in here!'' She was excited about that. We're ready for that too....