I like to bring Yauyau to the playground, thinking that the way she interact with the people and objects at the playground will throw me some clues what kind of person she would grow up to be. Maybe she will play with the others, showing that she is a sociable girl. If she is happily climbing and swinging around, she could be the adventurous sort. If she manages to climb up that tall tower, she could be courageous too. And if she would fell down without any crying, then she would be that strong girl I imagined her to be.

I go through my mental checklist of characteristic I desire every time we go to the playground. Well, the empty boxes are still void of the ticks I wanted so much. She is still the timid and shy little girl she used to be. She can be self contradicting too. She always enjoys going to the playground and pester us for such trips. However, she refused to play anything when she saw another kids in the playground. She would just stand around and observed the other party. Too shy? Or too conscious of herself?

And the situation seems to be getting worrisome lately, she seems fitting well into the category of an ultimate girlie girl. Afraid of those tiny ants, complaining about sand, standing still on top of the slide, refusing to go down unless the parents give her a push. She is too girlie to be true. Oh god, I wonder where she got those genes from, seems so alien to us.

Oh well, at least she has been chasing after cats and dogs and have been petting them like long lost friends. Maybe I see some kindness and love for animals in her? At the meantime, I will continue bringing her to the playground, I am sure playing will make her a little bit wilder, the boxes will get checked sooner or later. There is this chinese sayaing “三岁定终生”, I am sure she would be braver and more adventurous before she turns three.