Emotions

Lily is really starting to learn about and understand emotions. Usually she looks at a book and tells me what the people are feeling. For example, we look at her Bible each night before bed. She has commented how Adam and Eve look sad when they leave the Garden of Eden, how mad people look after their "very tall tower" is destroyed (Lily loves looking at very tall towers) or how happy the disciples are when they see Jesus.

The other day we were playing with Lily's pretend kitchen food, and she handed me the hot dog. I started singing "The Hot Dog Song" which is the song they sing at the end of each Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode as the characters are leaving the clubhouse. Lily said "No, Mommy, no sing. It makes me sad." I asked why it made her sad (thinking it related to my singing skills, or lack thereof as the case may be). She said "The hot dog song means Mickey Mouse is leaving." I thought that was pretty smart!

Also, today was the parent pancake breakfast at Lily's school. While she was eating her breakfast at our kitchen table, I told her I was going to go to school with her and eat pancakes. She gave me a curious look and asked why. I told her the teachers wanted to thank us for letting her come to school so they were making us pancakes, and it meant I would spend a little bit more time with her instead of dropping her off. She melted my heart when she said "That makes me smile!" What a sweetheart!