Fun With Friends
Monday, June 30th, 2014From Monday Mom – Neetika:
We just came back from our first summer trip, and it was a huge success! We stayed in a country house with some old friends. I was a bit concerned about how my city girl would handle a rural area, but she really thrived. She enjoyed everything about it.
Haley loved having a big house to run around, a porch to play games on, and fields of grass to roam free on. She had a few bumps and bruises by trip’s end, but the smile of her face convinced me it was worth it. There were other kids there, and Haley quickly insisted they were her “best friends.” She actually clicked with the seven-year-old girl more than her four-year-old sister, proving again that personality often counts for more than age does. They loved pretending their dads were monsters—they’d be so “scared” and shriek and run away. They sung the soundtrack to “Frozen” several times. Their favorite activity was catching fireflies. Haley had never seen them before in the big city, and thought they were pretty amazing.
It always amazes me how much Haley can handle when she’s exposed to new things. I admit I keep her on a regimented schedule most of the time—because I believe she needs it and actually craves it. But during our trip, she stayed up late, ate unusual things at unusual times, and had no discernible schedule. But it was okay. She seemed like such a big girl when I looked at her through the eyes of my adult friends, who were meeting her for the first time. Since she’s growing up and really showing me what she’s made of, I’m so looking forward to all of our upcoming adventures, this summer and beyond!