The great thing about having a kid who hangs out with lots of adults is that she does decently well when, well, hanging out with adults. Recently, we went to a dinner out with Aunt Piggy, who was celebrating her birthday.
When we arrived, there was only 1 seat on the end of the table where Laura was sitting, so we let Ella sit by her and Noah and I took our seats at the other end of a fairly long table. Laura and Ella had great dinner conversation on their own. It included the following:
Piggy: Who's my best friend?
Ella, matter of factly: Me
Laura: Okay, yes, you're tied with your mom.
Ella: I will break that tie.
The next day, I was trying to tell her how proud I was that she was so well behaved at dinner.
Me: you are fantastic, Ella, and it makes me really proud to get to take you to places like dinner last night. . .
Ella, while running into the other room: Yeah, yeah, I already know that. . .
At least we're instilling a sense of self confidence into her.
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