Ages and Stages- Kadie Girl

Kadie is six and it is a hard age. Seriously, I feel like I say every age is a hard age. The truth is every age has its blessings and challenges. Kadie is in Kindergarten and she is very smart. She is not very motivated however, which is OK, I do not need her to be an overachiever but it is hard to understand how she views the world at times. She is sweet, and super creative. Her imagination is incredible and at times reality and imagination overlap and cause quite the conflict. But in most situations she seems to be a drifter. She usually is just happy to go with the flow. She has her opinions and preferences but she is a follower and content to be most of the time. She is also a pleaser, she likes to make people happy. You can see where some of these qualities may lead her to easy peer pressure and moral ambiguity. She has a super strong love for the Lord and she really has an advanced awareness of spiritual warfare, she does know right from wrong she just has a stronger desire to have people happy and have people like her. When she chooses poorly, she often will tell us the "devil made her do it". It is hard not to laugh, but she is so sincere in her explanation that it is hard to argue.

Kadie is funny, and she can make us all laugh by saying the most hilarious things. She knows she is funny but I don't think she really knows how to be funny. She just thinks about things in a funny way. I wish I had an example, I will think about it and post it later. She is super tough too, she loves to wrestle and play ball and tag with Jack, she is crazy really. She is also very dramatic, as I have said before, she feels things very strongly. She can be very mad, very angry, very excited, very forgiving, and very happy in the same 20 minutes. It really keeps you on your toes.
Kadie at school with her new sunglasses. After she got her sunglasses we walked out into the cloudy, rainy weather and she says in a matter of fact voice, "now if we could just buy some sunshine". She is a nut.

Kadie is the middle child but at times she is the big sister. There are many times due to Jack going to his dad's house that Kadie is the oldest. She LOVES to take care of Issie. It is a bit smothering at times. She so wants to do everything for her and control her every move and choice (probably what Jack does for her and she does not mind), but Issie is way too independent for that. And it quickly becomes a battle. We are constantly asking her to listen to her sister the first several times and she would not get punched in the face but I am beginning to think that the natural consequences of not listening to a 2 year old when she is yelling to stop is getting hit in the face. Eventually she will learn, I hope. She does take good care of her and Issie loves her a lot, most of the time.

Kadie and Issie, cleaning my floors as Brad drags them up and down the hallway for fun. they just love this stuff. If I had to pick one thing that I most admire about Kadie Girl, I would have to say that she is very forgiving. She does feel things very strongly and her feelings get hurt and she really wants people to be nice to her, but she is so quick to forgive and so sincere in her forgiveness that it is really a blessing. She feels her pain then forgives and moves on. If only we all could do that. I love you Kadie Girl.