growing up

Right now Aurora is in her room, across the hall from my crafty space, crying - LOUDLY! She is a determined one, set in her ways, with strong beliefs. Aurora is having this crying fit, because its nap time.

"I don't want to grow up" she says...

"I don't want you to either", I tell her, "I just want you to sleep for a little while."


She is using this defense a lot lately. "I don't want to grow up!" or conversely "But I WANT to grow up" & "If I don't _____, I won't grow up." I'm sure it sprang from an adult telling her that eating her veggies, drinking water, and taking good rests would make her grow up big and strong. Which is true. Those things will make her grow up big and strong. And she is using that same logic against me when I tell her that she cannot take her milk cup to the park (we drink water) or she cannot have a 3rd package of peanut butter crackers or she has to wait until after dinner to eat a cookie.

She's smart. I like how she has figured out that things can work both ways - although, I am sure that this will catch up to me somehow, someday.

Until Next Time... I'm just going to keep smiling, because I love this life.