Kiva was here for her Grammie and Grandpa weekly play day. She is such a loving little heart, it is clear she is cherished by her parents and shown daily examples of family affection. Ken and I harvest the benefit of this training; for example, when I was dressing this morning, Kiva looked at me and said earnestly, "you are so pretty Grammie". And when I looked into those sweet eyes, I could see that I was to my small admirer. Later when we were walking into the hamburger joint for lunch, Kiva was riding on Ken's hip. She looked over his shoulder to me and sighed "I just love my Grandpa" as she tightened her grip around his neck. The young man walking adjacent to us flashed me a huge appreciative grin. We tell her often that she is our best girl, and that we love her just like she is. Kiva also is very sweet with Dancer, cuddles, pets and plays with her along with giving Dancer regular treats. Today Kiva discovered that every time she touched Dancer's nose, Dancer's tongue came out. For some reason, this was utterly hilarious, and was repeated endlessly to huge belly laughs.
Today was one of those days when I felt like we were doing the world a favor by bringing Kiva out. Most people we passed either looked at her and smiled, or smiled and spoke kindly to her. Kiva also tried on her new pink poncho from Auntie Joy, and just loved it. She looked so cute in it, and said that she liked it especially because it had a "princess hood". I think the big purple heart buttons helped too. Kiva told us she liked being four years old, but that Jack didn't like being one; he wants to be four too.
Tomorrow is our Flash Jack day, so I'm getting to sleep early.