Today we went to the funeral of an elderly neighbor. It was a lovely celebration of life with a wonderful slide show showing his life story in pictures. Our older daughters were all in school, but we took K along.................An hour long service sitting on a church bench can be a recipe for disaster, but I'm proud to say that she behaved wonderfully! For over half the service (including the slide show) she just sat watching & listening. She read books for the 2nd half, but did so in such a quiet whisper that she did not disturb anyone.
Then at the volleyball game later, she also sat for the full first game & most of the 2nd without complaint. Eventually she did get bored & go play with some of the other kids who were coloring in the corner, but she sat for longer than she has at a game before.
WOW! This is a skill that is really coming.
Of course, she is still a mischievous 4 year old, so I will share another story which explains why this is a work in progress.
At swimming lesson on Monday, really listened well & stayed with the group the almost whole time. She is a good little swimmer, so paying attention the whole time really the most challenging part of the lesson for her. I was very proud of K for listening so well, because there was only one incident when she decided to wander away. The reason she got in trouble from her mom after wasn't so much the running away, but the fact that at one point when her instructor caught up with her, she took off running once again & yelled back "Ha Ha!!!!"
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