I love that my children are loving, caring and SMART!
This week we had Alexis's four year check-up. (Yes, I realize we're only 5 months late in doing this, but I totally forgot about it when her birthday rolled around and we were so busy the months after that, I never did remember.... oops....) Anyway, the doctor was asking her questions like what color was Winnie-the-Pooh's shirt, or to sing the ABCs, etc. When she pointed to the stickers of honey pots on the right side of the room and asked Alexis how many there were over there, Alexis looked at them, then looked at the stickers of the honey pots on the left side of the room and then replied, "There are four pots on that wall, but if you count those and the ones on that wall, there are seven pots!" The doctor was just amazed. She was even more amazed when later, during the physical part of the appointment (where the doctor checks her motor skills) and Alexis is facing the back wall, Alexis says, "Oh I didn't see those pots earlier..." (thinks for a few seconds) "...now there's nine pots!" Totally blew her (and me for that matter) away!
So that was the SMART part of this blog. Now to move on the the loving and caring part.
This year, Natalie has become much more aware of the people and their behavior around her, especially at school. Earlier in the year, she was concerned because there was a fourth grader teaching a first grader how to "bully" his friends. Natalie asked us what she should do because she knew it wasn't right. So we told her the steps of what she should do; that she should try to friend that first grader and show him that the fourth grader wasn't right, and talk to a grown-up at her school that she trusted and felt comfortable talking to about her concerns. She decided to go talk to the teacher that she had last year and when I asked about it a week or so later, Natalie said that the school counselor had come around to all the classes and talked about bullying and how we should treat our friends and fellow classmates, and how hurtful bullying could be. And when I asked if that situation had gotten better, Natalie said it had. I was very proud to know that my daughter was an instrumental part in getting that problem resolved quickly and easily. I know that not every situation will be that easy, but she's learning how to stick up for herself and others which is one of the things I hope for her the most! Anyway, more recently, she said in the car that she felt sad for the kids that get teased at school. She was telling me how there was one of the girls in a different class that gets teased because of the clothes she wears, and how one day Natalie had told her that she liked the shirt she was wearing and that the girl was really happy that day. "Mom, the world would be a happier place if people would just be nice to everyone!"
Out of the mouths of babes! I love my girls! Moments like those make me proud of the people they're starting to grow up to be! LOVE MY GIRLS!!!!
