A little something about me as a father....

To add to Stephanie's excellent telling of the story of the ducks at the Museum. Our daughter did indeed get all the ducks in a row. I think in that picture, she was in negotiations with an old lady on what duck she could take and what she would have to give in trade for said duck.

Now to the father who took a duck right out from underneath my girl....he almost got a big ole sock to the jaw and the kid who took the ducks while Brae was expressing her displeasure to the dad, the other kid almost got her head held under the water until the bubbles stopped. ..ok not really but you get the drift. This extreme emotional response is not new. There were some girls being mean to her during her first gymnastics class....it took a lot of will power and repeating "Brandon, they're just kids" over and over not to tell them something mean about their mother not loving them.

I won't be one of those dad's who yells at an up for a bad call but I don't think I'll be able to deal very well with other kids playing dirty or other parents yelling to their kids (in regards to mine) "go ahead honey, she can't hit it!!"

A bit over protective maybe? ....naw.