A Cousin's Friend

School ends earlier on Wednesdays(1pm) and Fridays(12:30pm).  As she gets to come home earlier today and luckily, with not as much homework, she managed to finish them and her practice earlier too!  With the unexpected time allowance, good behaviour(I had earlier told her that I'd bring her down for a walk if she can finish her hw & practice early and she didn't throw tanthrums when the sky showed signs of rain) and good weather, I decided to bring them down for Renee to have a swim.  The latter was of cos elated, hahaha and kept asking why I changed my mind to letting her do so, haiz... ^ ~ ^

Since Renee's still unable to actually swim, she could only go to the playground pool and when 2 girls came over from the adult pool, I heard 1 of them calling the other 'Nadia', and instantly, I was reminded of what Renee's cousin had told me "my friend Nadia stays there too, she's Spanish and my best friend! If you know her, can you please tell me?".  With that in mind, I asked Renee to confirm with the girl if she's the one but she refused.  Although I could have done that with ease myself but as this could be her cousin's friend, I thought it would be nice if she could talk to her.  She has no problem at all in approaching strangers and had done so with many adult sales staff with her enquiries, so I see no decent reason for her to reject this request except that she's simply unwilling to do so.  I was about to let it go til she started to throw tanthrums and that made me determined for her to do it.

Finally, she relented and we got the answer - she is the one, and a friendly girl too!  This turn-out, also helped me to show Renee, that she can't always 'run away' from something that she doesn't like(esp. not by throwing tanthrums) and at times, things might just turned out to be just fine/nice.

With Renee completing the task, I allowed her extra funtime at the pool, whilst Rachel looking around earnestly, hahaha, :D.