3/15/11 - Visit from the In-laws

Jason's parents came in for the day today.  We had a great day.  While Jerry was here I put him to work.  He fixed the drawers on the dresser that I found on FreeCycle yesterday.  Troy and Mikey picked it up and brought it over.  What a bunch of nice guys.  For dinner we met up with Ricky, Jeff, and Gabby at Pizza Hut.   I feel bad for Riley sometimes.  She is so independent and can do so much, but everybody still looks at her like this little girl who can't do anything.  Then they tell her "no" and she gets embarrassed and mad and ends up getting herself in trouble for something that she should have been able to do in the first place.  I am raising a very independent young women who has a mind of her own and wants to use it.  The problem is she's 4 and people look at her like she's 4.  We don't look at her like that, nor does she want to be looked at like that.  It's a hard concept for people to grasp.  I get that.  But we know our kid and we know that she is going to conquer the world someday, and it will be completely on her terms.  I love that about her.  Now we have to teach her how to handle her big girl self in her little girl body so that everybody can understand her.