Eluned G. Sharron Bethea

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Sun, Oct 25, 2009

• Sun, Oct 25, 2009 5:00 PM

  I realized yesterday -- for the first time last Sunday, Eluned took off running around with the other little kids at church.
  
  We've been letting Els wander farther and farther away from us at church and for longer amounts of time for a while now. I feel safe with all the people there. But up until now Els has been wandering around on her own.
  
  Els has also been interacting with the other children at church more and more. The little girls just love her, and lately I've come outside a couple of times to find Els sitting in the middle of a group of them.
  
  Then last Sunday, at a luncheon after church, Els and Andrew and I think Jasmine (all from the nursery/preschool class) found each other. They started running across the dais, down the ramp and back up again.
  
  I didn't think anything of it at the time. I just changed Els into jeans, the better to run. But yesterday it hit me: Els has watched the other kids run off so many times. She finally gets to join them.

  Comments:

  Daddy:  That was glorious. I think it stems from all that activity at the Halloween party.
  
  Also, Sarah, that's a good suggestion. I'm not sure what our plans are.

  Sarah:  This January she turns two? You and Will planning a "terrific two" acknowledgement of the marker between infant and child (I seriously dislike the expression "terrible two")? Exploring on her own, developing social bonds, it's all good (though a bit stressful for Mom and Dad, at times).
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