Friends, Friends

I was thinking of what I should write about in today's blog and couldn't think of anything, but then I remembered that Velani has some new "girlfriends."

Velani has been a sweet, but shy girl when it comes to being around other people especially people she doesn't quite know.

Last weekend she went out to the patio and started playing. I noticed our neighbor's little girls said something to Velani, but she just came inside. I told her that it was ok to play with them and if they said "hi" that she could say "hi" back. She immediately said, "Ok, mami" and very excited she ran outside and said "Hi!"

That was the beginning of a new friendship.

Now I can't get Velani to listen to me when I tell her that it's not time to play outside and as soon as she sees her friends outside she says "Oh mami my friends are outside!" and she will put her shoes on and run outside to play with them. She also brought them in the other day to show them her room and that just felt weird! but she is happy and I guess I can be too! but when it's time to come in she gets a little rebellious and that's when she has to learn to obey and learn the rules at this early age.

I guess I can use her having-friends-and-wanting-to-go-outside-to-play to my advantage. I guess someone's gonna be eating all types of food and cleaning her room and being more obedient if she wants to go out and play. She will be learning how to compromise and making her own decisions from the options that I give her.

XoXO
Stefani