How did December come around so fast? Definitely don’t have my Christmas head on yet as we had my granddaughter Bella’s 5th birthday to celebrate before my brain could switch into Christmas gift mode. Stinking hot day yesterday for her party, so Bella was keen to get the blow up pool out for some fun after her treasure hunt had us looking for some welcome shade. Idea sounded ok in theory, except for the fact the transformer was in bits which was needed to blow it up. Daddy patched it up, plugged it into the car somewhere, whereupon it flattened the battery before it was looking anything like a blow up pool.
Much huffing and puffing from Daddy, her Grandpa and her uncle resulted in the desired result, so Bella, Zandar and their cousin Cassie had a great splash around once three buckets of hot water were added to the mix to make the icy water a bearable temperature.
Bella is in the habit lately of organizing anyone who will cooperate to be her pupils while she plays Mrs Bailey, her Kinder teacher. In the middle of trying to keep her rowdy students under control as each adult was called on to share their news for the day, someone said “I saw Melanie kissing Glen in the playground” (her Mum & Dad). No discipline, no reprimands from this teacher, just a classic response of “Ooh, isn’t that lovely.” Cracked us up, my highlight of the day.
Wouldn’t it be great if we as adults could “see” with the eyes of a child more often and respond from a completely different perspective. We are so quick to judge or be on the defensive, or move to a position of control rather than come at things with a desire to encourage and see everyone achieve a successful outcome.
In the process of raising our children and teaching them what we believe they need to know, it’s easy to forget that they are often better teachers than we are. If we are prepared to be patient, to stop and listen, they can remind us not only of our childhood, but they can help us rediscover the world as they see it, with all its potential for adventure and spontaneous enjoyment. Kids can be wise little critters.
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