Bean has been pretending to be a dog lately.  She watches dog shows (think Clifford), checks dog books out of the library, and has me buying her dog toys (yes, actual toys made for dogs).  And at her request (or should I say demand), I bought her Scooby snacks, which are graham crackers shaped like bones.  So this morning I asked her if she wanted me to pack her Scooby snacks for her snack at school today.  Her reply, "Mom, I'm only a dog at home, not at school."  Oh, that explains it.

Bean wants to be bald.  She has gorgeous hair that everyone comments on and most girls would love to have.  But no, she wants to be bald.  Seriously.  This is so not going to happen.

And how ingenius is this?  Bean is saving her teeth - you know, the baby ones that come out constantly right now.  She lost one tooth on her first day of school, and another a few nights ago.  So instead of putting them under her pillow to get a dollar or two or five (depending on how generous the tooth fairy is feeling), she is saving them up to get one large lump sum.  Not sure how she comes up with these things, but it's actually a very clever idea.

And she still stims by running back and forth for long periods of time.  Frankly, it's exhausting to watch.  And not sure how it will play out when she is older.  But the other night she said it best, "I just love to stim."   Hard to imagine for us, but it's very calming for her.  

And this morning as we waited outside for the bus, she found a great way to get all her stims out.  Usually she'll just run outside, but today she was a bird, flapping her arms and running back and forth.  And I had to be a bird, too.  Hope none of the neighbors had their video cameras out filming the mommy bird.  The things we do for our children.