botanical schomanical

 

Yesterday we went to the botanical gardens. They have a special children's zone there where we spent almost 2 hours. I am so proud of how Keely acts with other children. We have no other small children in our extended family and not really in our neighborhood either. She doesn't get to interact much and I feel bad for her sometimes. I also worry that she won't "play well with others" when she does have the opportunity.
She always eases my mind when we go to the park or anywhere else where she is with children though. She actively seeks out girls to play with. She's not shy at all. She asks them to be her friend. They agree and then they go about talking and advising each other on their next activity. She is always so sweet and says such nice things to them. She tells them "Wow! You are really strong!" or "You did a great job."  "We are big girls together."  Warms my heart. If rowdy kids come around, she attempts to befriend them but whe she sees they aren't going to play nicey-nice, she says, "Mommy, why don't we go over there." -pointing to another activity. Or "Let's go somewhere else now."  Anyway. I'm just so proud of the kindness she shows her peers.
The garden was not so much of a garden yet. Still not into spring yet and there wasn't much of the botanical stuff to see…only some daffodils, early buds, and saucer magnolias.
Still pretty enough and we had a nice day together.
 
*Is this time change messing with you all? It usually doesn't really bother us, but this earlier time this year is beating us up. Sleepy zombies over here. It's just one hour. It shouldn't make much of a difference, but it really does.