But that doesn't mean we don't introduce those things and show her that it's not scary and that it really is okay. We want her to not want to do it because she just doesn't want to, not because she's scared.
For Christmas this year she got several different sets of stamps, which is something I had never thought to let her try before. But the other day we were doing a bunch of different arts and I let her try the stamping. I had no idea how it would go. Would she be willing to try it? Would she freak out if her hands got ink on it?
She watched me do it a few times before attempting it herself. And she got her hands all kinds of messy. And much to my surprise, she didn't even notice.
She played with the stamps for about twenty minutes, her fingertips almost black from the two colors mixed together and yet she still didn't care.
To some parents this may seem a little weird because their kid goes running towards the first mud pile he/she sees, but to us this is big. She didn't care. She didn't notice. She was having fun.
So I'm proud of her. I'm proud that she didn't mind her fingers being a little dirty. I'm proud that she let play come first.
Of course when she was done, I told her that we needed to wash our fingers and she headed straight upstairs to her little stool and waited to get her hands washed. I love my little neat freak exactly the way she is and I'm proud that she was willing to try something outside of the box this time and get her hands a little dirty.
Have a great weekend!
Happy Friday!
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