Last week, my 3 year-old daughter went to preschool for the first time.
She was fine.
I was a bit of a wreck.
Why?
For the first time in her life, my daughter is having experiences that I’m not a part of….
Posts tagged ‘parenting’Calming fear, one stitch at a timePosted By Merideth Mehlberg August 2nd, 2011
She was fine. Adventures in face paintingPosted By Merideth Mehlberg July 13th, 2011My 3 year-old LOVES getting her face painted. Everywhere we go where face painting is offered, she is first in line. Every time, she asks for the same images to be inked on her face: Thomas the Tank Engine and James the Red Engine (my daughter adores trains). On a recent visit to Happy Hollow, a kids’ amusement park in San Jose, she had her entire face painted in a rainbow design. By the time she went down for her nap, the colors had melted over her face into this eerie mask. It was pretty creepy looking, but she loved it…. |
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