planner

I guess it should come as no surprise that Ada is a planner. After all her mom and dad make a living around planning and managing large organizations - this has a way of seeping over to the rest of our lives and Ada has picked up on this vibe.

Ada goes all out with her planning, often telling us what we need to say and do as we navigate our way through the day. She'll then repeat this to us several times until the event actually happens and then she will relay exactly how something DID happen, highlighting the parts where mommy and daddy 'got it wrong'.

This love of planning was recently highlighted when Ada lost a new Barbie doll while we were up in San Francisco. We looked high and low for Barbie but she was no where to be found. The adults took in the scenario - figured it was just a doll - a new one that Ada didn't really have much attachment too yet - and discussed a plan to bring the doll back down the following week when our SF friends were already planning on being in San Diego. Now the only thing left was to disclose this plan to Ada. She took it reasonably well, and didn't say much the whole way back to San Diego. It was only the following weekend when we were talking about meeting up with our friends at the beach that she laid out the plan for us.

"Bradee was going to take pictures of Barbie and send them to us"

"Umm, yeah, honey that didn't happen"

ignoring my bad news "and then they are going to bring her to the beach because she was wearing a bathing suit"

"Ahh, honey, they didn't find Barbie, she isn't with them"

Silence...

Silence, that is, until about 10 minutes later. Turns out Ada was formulating a new plan. A better plan. The new plan involves Barbie finally being found, being boxed up, and sent in the mail all the way back down to San Diego in a package addressed to ADA. (Ada loves getting stuff in the mail)

Sounds like a good plan, doesn't it?

Well, Ada called Barbie on her imaginary phone to firm up the details just in case.