Smiley Saturday
This week’s Smiley Saturday post was going to be about my Singstar Princess turning 7. Kids birthdays are usually a great time for smiling and laughter. Well, it still is about her birthday. But not quite in the same way I had originally planned.
Something happened yesterday morning that almost made me cry. Happy tears though. Leighton, who is soon to be 10, asked if he could give his sister his gift first. I had some idea of what his gift might have entailed as he’d asked me where his wallet was first thing this morning.
What I wasn’t prepared for though, was him handing her a $5 note. To put this into perspective, he basically gets $7.50 a month which is his to spend in whichever way he would choose (there is another $7.50 a month but that is allocated to various other projects - like his untouchable bank balance etc). So he gave her nearly a month’s worth of his spending money!
It kind of blew my mind and part of me wanted to say “no, don’t do that, it’s too much”. The other part of me was just sitting in awe of how wonderful and generous my son is. We’ve seen signs of it before and yet he still manages to leave me speechless at times. The world needs more people like him. I hope it’s a trait he continues to show his whole life. It certainly was what I’d call a “proud mummy moment”. 
Now, back to the birthday girl. She got a new bike for her birthday. It’s a Disney Princess bike. You can’t see it in great detail here but it is a beautiful bike. It actually has pictures of Disney Princesses along the main frame!!! And a gold bell!!! (And does her mummy wish she had a bike just like this when she was a little girl? ABSOLUTELY!!!!! 
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I really wanted to give you a larger picture this time around but I’m still learning when it comes to editing in this program. Please click on the picture and it will take you to a larger view. Doesn’t the look on her face just make you smile???? The bike came with the tiara that she’s wearing. Oh, and she’s just about to leave for swimming lessons which is why she’s wearing her bathers!
Friday night we had a family birthday tea together (just the immediate family). My children get the choice of what they’d like to have for tea and they generally choose to have a “party tea” which involved party pies, fairy bread, salad platter, chips and whatever else I come up with at the time. I remember as a child if my Grandma asked me what I’d like for a special birthday tea I’d always choose the same! I’m a HUGE fan of fairy bread!!!! We had a lovely time together in the afternoon baking her love heart shaped birthday cake. She then went on and iced and decorated it herself.
Come tea time, she wanted to set the table and was very busy throughout the meal serving others and making sure everyone had what they needed and wanted. It was so special to watch. Not “wait on me, I’m the birthday girl” but “I want to make sure you have a nice meal”.
Not to be outdone by his older siblings, our 4 year old has been very kind and thoughtful lately, sharing some lollies he had leftover from Christmas. Tonight when I complimented him on his good use of manners he says to me in the most grown up voice “you’re welcome mum”. It was very cute. Then after tea he informed me that he and his sister had made sure they’d left some chips for “the boys” (meaning his father and older brother) and for me. I was awed by his thoughtfulness.
I am a very blessed mother indeed. I sure have a LOT to smile about! Some days my kids have me tearing my hair out. Then you get days like yesterday where your heart could just burst with pride at the way they behave and treat one another. It was certainly a day worth remembering!
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Such fantastic moments and such fantastic children.
I’d love a bike that came with a tiara.
Sounds great, our children I am sure are designed to teach us to be better people…
Hi Lightening,
. I’ve Fixed the RSS by the way. Thanks a lot and you have a nice blog. I’ve subscribed to your feed too.
I came in to thank you for drawing my attention to my malfunctioning RSS feed and found this little widget you have here that looks very cool if you ask me so I dropped my link
What a gorgeous story! Definitely one of the best Smiley Saturday posts yet
The first thing I thought when I saw that pic at the top of this post was: “Yes, she is the Queen of the Smilies”. Saturday is my blog break, but I think I might write a Saturday Smiley tonight. My blog could use some. And bub is a rich source of them! Thanks for making me smile, Lightening.
Marita - thank you. We’re all Princesses underneath it all aren’t we!
Amy - I’ve certainly learnt plenty from my kids. And they teach me patience most days! LOL.
Felix - thanks for letting me know you’ve fixed your RSS feed.
Cat - thanks.
Cerebralmum - I think you just made my day! “Queen of the Smiley’s” has a nice ring to it doesn’t it? LOL. I look forward to your post. Glad I could make you smile!
Wow, how thoughtful and generous of your son! That story brought a little tear to my eyes. Children are just amazing - they can certainly teach us adults alot more than we ever thought! I have a similar story with my little sister - I make my own earrings and then sell them at the markets for between $8-10. Well my little sister (who’s 9years old) decided that they would be a perfect christmas present for her best friend. I tried to talk her out of it, saying she didn’t need to spend that much. She was insistent though!! So I told her I would sell them to her for $2. She still insisted on giving me $4 and I had to secretly put $2 back in her purse. Kids can just be so generous and think nothing of it
Great post 
Luv Lil xox
[…] Having made that grandiose - and serious, and not uplifting - statement, that doesn’t mean that I don’t smile, or laugh, or feel happy. Sometimes I am am full of glee, like a child. So tonight, before I start playing in my theming sandbox (it is my night off after all), I’m going to take a leaf out of Lightening’s book, and have a Smiley Saturday. […]
what a beautiful story - your son has a generous spirit like his mum maybe.
Happy birthday Singstar Princess - that bike rocks. Thanks for making me smile too.
Such a wonderful day. Your kids are testament to what a wonderful mum you are.
And cute to boot.
Smootches babe.
You have to love proud mummy moments. I’m a big fan of those myself! As often as we wonder what sort of job we’re doing as mums, these dear little people confirm we must be doing something right!
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Your kids are awesome!! What a great job you are doing with them!
Lil - yeah, kids are great aren’t they?
Babyamore - glad it made you smile. The bike makes me smile every time I look at it! LOL.
Kelley - awwww thanks babe.
Tracey - yeah, we need to hold on to the good days. Gets us through the bad.
Bettina - thank you and thanks for being such a strong supporter and advocate of Smiley Saturday. You rock!!!
General Note: I have removed a couple of links from the Mr Linky as they did not link to a Smiley Saturday post. I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear in my post this week. A couple of you I was able to find your Smiley Saturday posts on your blog and have changed the links for you. Thanks everyone for helping spread a little “Lightening” around.