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Sometimes I wish I  could stop time. 

Moments of the kiddo's sweet personality take me pleasantly by surprise.  Moments that she stands out in a crowd.  Moments she does the unexpected. 

A few weeks ago, we were having an average morning.  Got up and ready, took neighbor kids to school, stopped by Starbucks, and then headed to preschool.  As usual, I expect to sign her in, kiss her goodbye and take off.  But as I watched the kiddo on the playground, I noticed she wasn't going over to play in the dirt - her favorite activity.  She also wasn't playing with her school pal.  Now, you must understand, my kid is social, very social.  Everyday, several time a day I hear "Where are we going today?" and "Who's coming over?" and "I want to go to _____'s house."  But this particular day she remained alone.  At first I was concerned because this was out of the ordinary.  But I stood back and observed. To my delight (and the other parents and teachers on the playground), the kiddo found her way on top of a kiddie picnic table and began to sing. And sing.  And sing. And sing.

She made her way around, posing at various playground spots.  She sang in her sweet songbird voice.  She sang Disney princess songs, she made up  many songs about her life, she invented people and events in her songs - it was entertaining to say the least.  And she did this all during playground time before and after class.

I was late to where I was headed that morning.  I could have watched her forever.