Find Another Dancing Spot

Yesterday, my parents and I took kiddo to the zoo. This particular zoo is in a large park. Outside of the zoo are lots of picnic tables, a couple of playground areas, a large lake, and a train that runs through the park. Kiddo LOVES the train (it reminds her of Thomas) so when we got there she had to ride on it immediately.

 

Hola from kiddo as we get ready to ride the train! :) 

After we rode the train, it was time to go to the zoo. The zoo has peacocks running around, so we spent most of our time stalking peacocks. 

No peacock was safe from a runaway kiddo. 

To distract her from trying to pet (kiddo has the tendency to pet very hard) the peacocks, I would say different animals that we were going to find. She was down with that plan. The first animal we went on a hunt for was the hippo. As soon as we found him, she wanted to dance for him. The zoo has some deck areas with tables and chairs where you can look out over the different animals. Kiddo began referring to these as her dancing spots. 

I made a fool of myself dancing in public with kiddo, but it made her happy. When I would suggest a new animal to find, kiddo would say, "Let's go find another dancing spot." It really made me see how much kiddo can teach me about life. Life is what you make of it, and nobody can make you happy. It's taken me a long time to realize that being happy is a choice. I'm the one who makes the decision on whether I'm happy or not. So the next time I decide that I'm not happy about something going on in my life, I'm just going to take kiddo's advice and look for another dancing spot.