Stories from CDO

The weekend was fun.

I discovered that Max can easily terrorize her neighbor playmate, Shane. Shane was screaming and running for his dear life, hiding behind his nanny's back, while Max was gleefully laughing chasing Shane into a corner of the restaurant, thoroughly enjoying herself. Max's objective: to give Shane a bear hug, one that leaves him gasping for breath and hurting. When Max realized the futility of the exercise, she went around telling the guests that Shanie is hiding from her. When asked why, she quipped: He does not like me. Although, when I asked her again yesterday why Shane was hiding from her, her answer turned into "I don't know."

Last Sunday, Mom told me that she saw Max in a sort of pillow fight with the other kids and it looked like Max is having the time of her life. She can give as much as she received. Mom can't quite describe the whole scenario she witnessed but she did say that even though Max was the youngest in the bunch, she did give the older kids something to think about twice when it comes to bullying her.

Well, at least, even at this early age, Max can fend for herself. We just have to make sure that she doesn't turn into the schoolyard bully.