We can’t control everything about our children, or probably anything, really. Among those things that we REALLY REALLY can’t control is our children’s friends. We can only influence, guide, cajole, coerce, recommend, suggest those that they spend their time with. With Grace, we strongly suggested that she and Bla Bla consider a long-term relationship…and it worked. It is a little early for Hazel to be picking her friends and there are surely going to be other contenders, but Grammie sent us Rosy, a few weeks ago so we thought we would get started. Grace’s Bla Bla was originally named Prudence but Bla Bla (the name of the manufacturer) is more pronounceable so we changed it. Unfortunately, to do the same thing would probably cause catastrophic confusion so we just shortened this little piggies name from “Rosalie” to “Rosy” to make things a little easier on Hazel. Only time will tell if our influence is even a little successful, but if it is, we will be able to point back to these pictures as the day they met.
