I am having a difficult time deciding whether I should expose my daughter to the realities of what has been going on in our world or if I should shield her from it. She's still so young, but I don't want her to be completely naive. If, Merlin forbid, this gets much worse and we had to go into hiding for some reason, I don't know what I'd tell her. My initial instinct is to be blatantly honest about it, but I'm afraid that would be too much for her. Ted's better at this sort of thing than I am. I just hate that I'm even having this problem. She should be growing up in a peaceful time.

I think for now, I'll just keep shielding her from it all. If it gets much worse, I don't see how I can do that, but I guess it's something Ted and I need to discuss. Maybe I'm making mountains out of molehills, but somehow I doubt that.

On a happier note, Dora's spelling and reading skills are excelling beyond what I'd expected. She read a story to me all by herself today. And then we made a picture frame out of popsicle sticks and macaroni noodles for her to use to frame the picture she drew for Ted while he was working. I think it'll go nicely on the mantle.