Raise your hand if you’re sure

On Saturday morning, we went to our local independent bookstore for a performance of a local children’s band because we thought it would be something Baby B would like.

Boy were we right!

She loved it. We sat on the floor and she stood a few feet in front of us dancing her little bottom off! She would clap along with the songs (on beat, even!) and would clap in appreciation after each song. Whenever the musician would ask the audience a question (“Who here likes peanut butter?”), she would raise her hand without hesitation — and without looking back at us first. That was the best part to see — her making these decisions on her own, without our prompting her.

This is going to sound corny, but it nearly brought me to tears (in a good way); I was just so proud of her for immersing herself in it and not looking to us for direction on what to do or what to think. Because isn’t that the ultimate goal of all this? Getting to the point that (eventually) your child grows up and makes their own decisions about things. Of course we’re a long way from the end goal, but I love to see these steps toward true independence along the way.