10.26.2011

Autonomy

One of God's greatest gifts is our free agency a.k.a. the right to choose for ourselves. When we let our children use this gift freely, it's called Autonomy. I am a huge fan and believe that it leads to confident and independent children. It is also extremely entertaining and endearing.

Exhibit A: We are headed out to explore and hike on our property.
She is wearing shoes 2 sizes too big.


Exhibit B: We are running out to pick up Andrew at school. We don't even get out of the car :)
She rocks the santa socks year round.


Exhibit C: She loves her headbands. I try to show her how to put them on and they always start out on correctly, but it never fails that she resembles a love child with in minutes.


4 comments:

Sarah said...

This is proof that you are a good mom! My girls had "crazy hair/clothes" day at school today and it was so hard for me to let them wear whatever was crazy to them...And it was crazy!

I need to relax and take notes from you :) Hope having 3 is going well!

Mindy and Marty said...

what a crack up she is! i love her character! i agree with your friend sarah...you are a good mom to not control everything...

evan is ADORABLE>..3 is hard huh?

Jeni said...

Oh my heck- she is your exact mini me replica! What a cutie and it's good you let her choose for herself. So fun!

Morgan said...

Oh my gosh... I LOVE this... she's so beautiful, Stacy! Just like her mommy! ;)