E's new lesson

Last week, E and M were given "bangles" by our Indian neighbors. E and J sometimes play with kids that are visiting their house and E has admired the pretty bracelets the girls are wearing. Our neighbor's daughter lives in Nairobi and visits often and said she'd pick up some bangles for E, asking her what color she'd like. Well she came to visit last week and brought E some pretty pink bangles and M some pretty green bangles. E frequently reminded J that Indian boys don't wear anything special, only the girls.

Yesterday some friends of ours were visiting and the guy said he had a small gift for J. He asked if it was ok to give to him since he didn't have something for E. I said yes, that E and M got something last week and J was totally ok with it. He gave J a small, wind-up flashlight. E immediately asked what was for her. When hearing J was the only one to get a gift, E started whining and crying. It was nap time anyway and the kids were sent to their beds. E made several more comments yesterday about how she didn't get a gift.

Today, one of our teammates picked up her parents at the airport. Her parents brought her Chick-fil-a!!!! Seriously, AWESOME! One of our favorite family dates in Florida was going to CFA, mostly because of the playground. Anyway, Kevin was telling E about how our teammate's parents brought her Chick-fil-a. E started crying and saying that she really likes CFA and she should get to eat it, not our teammate.

I talked with her about being happy for others, but I think we'll have to keep working on that.