Hip, Hip Hurray! Guess Who's Turning Six Today?

Happy Birthday, baby girl!

Bragging Rights

I have been trying to teach Natalie to be humble when it comes to things that she's good at. She had been doing some bragging recently and would frequently say, "It's easy." I told her that might be considered bragging and my she could end it with it's easy for me. Today she told me another child in her class asked her why she always passed everything (ie math tests, AR tests, reading tests). Natalie said, "Mommy, I told her it's easy for me, but it may not be for you." Ah, kids!

I Do Believe in ...

Natalie and I were reading tonight a Magic Tree House book tonight. It mentioned monsters so she told me about one of the Junie B. Jones books she read the other day. It was Junie B. Jones has a Monster Under Her Bed. In the story Junie B. gives advice on how to avoid monsters under your bed. Natalie told me that jumps in the middle of the bed so the monster can't get her. I told her that I didn't believe in monsters. Then, wanting her to feel safe, I added, "Monsters aren't real." She looked at me and said, "Mom, I'll believe you when I'm older."

I Do Believe in Fairies

On Saturday we went to a Faery Hunt which was an interactive show at Griffith Park. It was great. The kids loved it and it was definitely worth the price and distance traveled. Later we went to the observatory too. As we were leaving the observatory I was recapping our day in the car. Natalie said, "I know they weren't really fairies. They were just humans." "Really?" I asked her, "How can you tell?" She replied, "They were too big to be real fairies. Fairies are small."