You can't see!!

I've been thinking about sneaking back and trying to post again, but I haven't had a good excuse (or have had too many excuses to take the time to do it!). So many times I've wished I'd started "the book" that every parent could write, featuring the quotes and quips of their children. Today Kate caught my attention and prompted me to share.

We were a late getting around to nap time, and anyone with toddler experience appreciates "the window" during which one has the best opportunity to get a child to sleep. After several trips up the stairs, asking the children to settle down, asking them to quit somersaulting off their beds, and finally dealing with a wrath of a tantrum, I got the children separated and was trying to help Kate settle down which was no easy chore.

She was on my lap and trying to show me something. I was trying to make her laugh, so I had my bottom lip stuck way out. She stopped everything, looked at me, and said, "Now there's no way you can see without a happy face. See, like this", and she flashed me one of her signature, ear to ear grins. I had to smile along with her (try to resist it sometime. . . You'll see). There's a little something for all of us to learn from her words.

Truly, the only way to see anything clearly is to smile at it. Bearing a frown or a scowl, you're sure to see the empty half of the glass. A person to person exchange that begins with a smile is certainly likely to yield a better outcome, and if I would smile more at my kids, I'd probably have more opportunities to appreciate them for the beautiful beings that they are.

(I had to share these from this morning. NO ONE is spared from potty training around here)