When they don't see us

I dropped the kids off at school today and went and ran an errand on campus. As I came back, the kindergardeners were still on the playground. Maria doesn't usually do the monkey bars. She's very hesitant, very cautious. Holden is the one that will just jump forward and try anything.

She didn't see me watching. I saw her doing the monkey bars, cautiously climbing up, each time a little higher. Then, she'd let go, fall to her feet and throw her arms up into the air as if she had just won an olympic gold medal or something. It's priceless to watch. After about five minutes of watching this go on, I finally let her in on the fact that I was watching her and told her........."See, I've always known you could do it!" The look on her face was priceless.