Dina: Mommy, you're cleaning up my room because you're going to clean the floor?
Me: yes
Dina: Ok, I'm going to start cleaning too.
She grabs her toy vacuum cleaner and starts "vacuuming."
Dina's thinking face
As the middle child, Dina craves attention. I'm not a middle child technically (four older siblings and one younger), but when all of the older siblings moved out, it was just one older sister, one younger sister, and me. So I can totally relate with her. Growing up, everything was oldest to youngest, or youngest to oldest; but to me, it made no difference, I was never first. So now that it occurred to me to write a little intro for each of my kids, I decided to make Dina's first.
Dina's current dream bed, as seen on Houzz
Whenever I hold Elena and cuddle her, Dina always says she's next. She loves it when I tell stories of when she was a baby or tot and gives explanations for why she used to do what she did.
She was very upset that she had to share the hotdogs
There are a few funny things that I would like to record about Dina. Today, Dina was drawing with a sharpie (her favorite thing to draw with) and Abel wanted to play outside:
Abel: Mommy, I'm gonna go play outside
Dina: Ok, just make sure nobody kills you
A little background on this: I've seen too many episodes of Criminal Minds and as such, I am terrified of a lurking child predator, Since we moved into this house in June, I've told my kids to NOT go outside without letting me know because there are bad guys who will steal them and do mean things to them. Dina is one that jumps to conclusions, I guess this was one of them. I guess its better that she thinks this.
So concentrated on drawing
This morning she crawled into my bed after Rudy left to work:
Dina: Mommy, what are you doing?
Me: Trying to rest
Dina: Well stop, I want some breakfast
I start laughing
Dina: What?? Give me some breakfast
2.5 (?) years ago
Dina can be a silly monkey with Elena sometimes
Back in LA, before Elena came into our lives, Dina was the little sister. Abel NEVER let her forget that. He would always tell her that she is little, that she can't do this or that because she is not strong enough or big enough. One time, Dina was watching Dora the Explorer:
Benny: I'm going to need some help climbing this wall. Are you strong enough to help me?
Dina: NoBenny: Really really strong?
Dina: No
Benny: Alright! Let's go
I always make sure to tell her that she is a growing girl and as long as she eats her veggies she will be a big, strong girl.
A time before Elena
Morning bed hair
First time trying hot chocolate
Last week we were at Sears and we saw a memory foam bed. I told Dina to buy me that bed when she turned into a grownup because by that time, I would be an old lady. Ever since then, every time we go to ANY store, it's always "Mommy, when I'm a grownup I'm gonna buy you that" for EVERY neat thing that she sees.
