The Little Things That Make Us Smile

Someone once told me that at some point you need to just find the humor in some of your child's behavior and not let all the frustrations get in the way (this person has a son who is on the autism spectrum).  

For a very long time now, we have been trying to teach our daughter how to get dressed/undressed.  Sometimes she fights us on even trying and other times she starts but has difficulty completing the task and needs hand over hand guidance to finish.  Needless to say, our morning and evening routine of getting dressing and putting pajamas on can take a very long time and it is frustrating but we continue to keep at it.

My daughter and son share a room and the other night they took quite awhile to settle down and finally when all was quiet I went up to check on them.  I walked over to check on my daughter and I couldn't help but smile and start laughing to myself because this is what I saw....

I  felt like she needed a little mermaid fin!  Many times when she tries to put pants on she puts both her legs into the same pant leg.  She must have taken her pants off and tried to put them back on and then obviously fell asleep.  That's my girl!  (Please disregard the mismatch of pajamas she is wearing!....we also fixed her pants so she did not sleep like that the entire night).