Last week I wrote a post about what happiness was to me, conspicuously absent were things to do with Little K other than one that was really about reading. I started to add things about Little K that made me happy, I realized what makes me happy is that I like who she is as a person right now.
I could write that in a post and you'd be like all oh good for you whatever. Fine for you but there's more to it for me than that.
It makes me happy that she cares about the environment, she'll calls someone out in a second for littering. Young or old no one is off limits. She asks intelligent questions related to the Earth and our environment and she listens and cares about the answers.
It makes me happy that she recently started watching more grown up shows on the Disney Channel. She still watches animated shows but lately she's added things like Jessie and Dog With A Blog (shows with non-animated characters all you non parent people who are not forced to watch the Disney channel). Is it weird this makes me happy? Maybe. It's not a milestone moment but still mark on life's chart that she's growing up.
It makes me happy she is counting down the time until she starts school. Days are still measured in sleeps for her right now and months mean little other than it's time to change the calendar. She knows that it's "3 more calendars until school starts". (June, July, and August). She's going to be the kid that walks away with no tears and comes home with a bunch of new friends.
It makes me happy that she's outgoing and friendly in social situations. While I have a love/hate relationship with tourists she never has a problem finding a friend at the beach. She makes a new friend each new session of swim class and she never lacks for anyone to chat with at karate. Don't get me wrong she has her moments of bratiness but some things you can't teach without the help of siblings or same age friends.
It makes me happy that she challenges the rules sometimes (sometimes it just pisses me off). Some rules need to be challenged, a few months ago she was adamant she was old enough to cross through parking lots and cross to the stores with no hand holding. After thinking about it and watching her do it a couple of times she was right, but I would have kept holding her hand out of habit had she not pointed out to me the rule was silly for her.
There are a million other little things that make me happy with who she is as a person. Raising a good kid isn't an easy job but so far I think I'm holding my own.
I think it is a good that she is cautious of the environment and littering. Being able to make friends easily will serve her well later on. Good job, you should be very proud.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome post- Little K sounds like one cool kid, she must get it from her momma ;) And that's great that she's so outgoing and can make friends everywhere she goes- such an important thing in life!!
ReplyDeleteLittle K sounds like one amazing little girl!!! Challenging the rules is great when they are younger....probably not so much once those teen years hit...am I right? Haha :)
ReplyDeleteAw, that's awesome! Good on you for actually listening to her and assessing whether her challenge was reasonable! That's gotta be hard as an adult because for the most part you know better and kids don't realize it.
ReplyDeletethis is too cute. and she needs to talk to kayla because kayla was all X more sleeps until school is DONE! haha
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