Sweetness

I admit that I am totally biased.  The subjects of this blog are my children afterall; but, I had to share some recent instances that either put a smile on my face or caused my heart to swell with emotion.

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My town only does a half day kindergarten.  Alice has the afternoon session, so she spends her mornings at her old preschool in a kindergarten enrichment program.  I felt like I had to do something school related with her as she attended three full days of preschool last year.  I did not want her inaugeration into the "big kid" school to seem like a step backward. 

I love picking Alice up for kindergarten because every day I see such an example in kindness and sweetness.  Alice gives every one of her classmates a hug before she leaves.  The first time I saw this I got rather choked up (and it had nothing to do with hormones).  It was so wonderful to see kindness to others right before me especially as it seems like news headlines are filled with the antithesis of kindness.  Today she actually chased some poor boy down because he needed to get his hug.  Alice is sweet and persistent apparently.

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Alice and Angela will definately be a force to be recokened with as they age.  I took them to a playground after school on Monday and watched them at work (or play as the case may be).  I loved how they looked out for each other.  I kind of expected Alice to keep an eye on Angela because she takes her role of "Big Sister" very seriously.  What surprised me was how Angela watched out for Alice.  Toward the end of our time at the playground, Alice started playing a game with a little boy around her age.  Angela interpreted the game as a threat to her older sister.  She kept trying to scare the boy by standing behind him, raising her arms and shouting, "BOO!!!!"  Angela should not have worried.  The little boy kept trying to avoid Alice because he was convinced she was going to turn him into a ferret.