Buttoning Her Own Buttons

     

Yeah, it's mid-October and it was in the thirties when I got up this morning. 

But Julia has inherited my dress-inappropriately-for-the-season-and-go-outside-barefoot-even-if-it's-cold gene and this is what she opted to wear yesterday.

 

Besides, it's pink.  That's what's important.

The thing is, though, it buttons up the front.

 

And the holes are kind of tight.

 

I offer to help.

   

And sometimes she might let me do a button or two.

But mostly she wants to do it herself.

 

She is very determined.

And some mornings my fingers get tense with the urge to claw their way in and get the buttons done up quickly. 

 

But when that happens, I try to sit on my hands and keep my mouth shut and just wait.

 

So that she can do it - all by herself.

   

And learn that it's important to keep trying.

 

Over and over.

 

Again and again.

 

No matter how long it takes.

 

Or how frustrating it may get.

 

Because the reward - that feeling of accomplishment -

   

Is so worth all of the effort.

Just ask Julia.

   

Comments

[janice]

button or no button--------she's a cutie mhyg

[Kayte]

Okay, I know I am only supposed to be here for the TWD post, but I could not resist scrolling down a bit and I just LOVE THESE BUTTON PHOTOS! I am so jealous that I did not think to do something like this for my boys' scrapbooks when they were little like this...somehow it doesn't seem like it would be the same at 16! What a great series of shots...to be treasured forever! Very nice work. Very lovely little girl!