Lately, to be exact, approximately from the beginning of the year, the kid has been into me. Perhaps she is transitioning into the mode of greater independence and requires less of physical comforting that C provides and a little more of adult treatment that i tend to lean towards. I already know that she likes the true and honest feedback that i provide her, along with direct listening to her comments, concerns and questions. So, my life has been a little easier as S has been more friendly, happy, and cooperative.
She is also capable of understanding fairly complicated sentence structures with my touch of sarcasm:
S: "i want my cup"
me: silence
S, now more whiny: "i want my cup!"
me: "Now, when you want something, what usually gets you better results?"
S in a calm, non-whiny voice: "can i have my cup, please?"
Wow, what results we have! :)
Also, she has had a bag of candy, since Valentines day at preschool, and she has been allowed to eat one or two a day, after dinner.
After eating, she is asking if she can have her candy before getting it. After getting one, she is asking if she can get another one before grabbing it: "only one?"
I ask her, "how is it?", she says "good, you want one?" :) Nice lessons in sharing paid off as well!
Going to bed last night was a little rough. Daddy was really sleepy, while S was wide awake. So, naturally, she asked me to come and lay with them. I declined sighting too much to do, she asked, "just for 5 minutes" and even though i knew pretty well this was a ploy to stay entertained while her daddy was fast asleep, i could not refuse. So, i laid down and hugged her. She says, "daddy, hold Julie". C extends his arm. S says "Two girls and one boy -- daddy, Julie, Sari - all together". Sweet! The lesson of togetherness paid off right there!
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