Sorry, but I have to brag up my 5 year old step daughter

[Bluzmann57]

As some of may or may not know, we are raising a 5 year old Filipina kid and she's a handful. She's turning into an American kid right before our eyes and it's fascinating/frustrating all at once.
Anyway, we attended a Philippine/American Christmas party on Saturday night complete with a visit from S. Claus himself. And we, or was it Santa, had a gift for her along with $5.00 for every child who attended. She was thrilled with her gift, some slippers called "Stompeez" or something like that. I bought 'em, I still don't remember the name. But I regress.
Right before we left for home, she asked me if she could give the $5.00 to help the victims of the typhoon in the Philippines. Well, this brought a smile to the old man's face and I said, "Of course. I'll go up there with you and we can talk to Santa together." She said, "Ok, but I'll talk to Santa myself." We walked up to Santa and she hollered, "Santa!" He replied, "Yes?" She said "Here is money for typhoon people in Philippines." He then thanked her and gave her a big ol' hug. She was ecstatic and stated that it felt good to help other people who were "less lucky" than her. And she is still talking about how she helped out. And I'm as proud as can be. Thank you for indulging me. Peace and Happy Holidays to all of you.

[randome]

1. Nice story. Thanks!

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While here, asleep, a billion dreams begin to fly.[/center][/font][hr]

[Auggie]

2. That kid has a good a dad

Nice job Bluzmann57

[HappyMe]

3. That's great!

to the little one.


Happy Holidays to you and your family!

[Brigid]

4. Of course you should be bragging about that!

[Happyhippychick]

5. Please brag away, she sounds like a great kid!

[niyad]

6. please feel free to brag, rightfully, away. we need all the happy, loving, feel-good stories we can

get. thank you for sharing this.

[Chrom]

7. She was ecstatic and stated that it felt good to help other people who were "less lucky" than her

Can you make a video of that and put it on youtube so we can send it to the koch brothers

but seriously, I have often thought that rich people in search of happiness through more money, which obviously never works because the jackasses always just want more and they are the unhappiest whiniest bunch out there....if they were to just experience what your daughter did just once, if they could feel that kind of joy at helping instead of hoarding....it could change some lives and the entire world would be a better place because of it.

What if the Walmart kids suddenly felt the joy of giving and started changing lives instead of wrecking lives.

They alone own 40% of the wealth or something.


Thanks for the awesome story- you must be a great parent!

[woodsprite]

8. You have good reason to brag! She sounds like a great munchkin!

It's great that she thinks about other people. Encourage that all you can. So many kids I meet at my son's school are all about "me, me, me".

BTW, the Stomp-eez jingle is now stuck in my brain (stomp, stomp, stomp, with Stomp-eez). The person who invented those and Pillow Pets is making a bundle!

[riqster]

9. Brag worthy IMO nt

[daleanime]

10. ........

[myrna minx]

11. Aww. What a thoughful child.

[Borchkins]

12. What a great kid!

Good job, Dad.
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[No Vested Interest]

13. It sounds as though you're doing something right! nt

[cntrygrl]

14. You have all the right

to 'brag' about your sweet 5 yr old. Bravo to you for, obviously, teaching her to be caring and compassionate.

[Cha]

15. So sweet, Bluzmann~ Give your daughter a

high five and a hug from us!

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. great kid

[MarianJack]

17. What a great little Princess, and...

...I mean that in a VERY GOOD way!

If I amy say so, this also shows what a great job of parenting that you're doing!

PEACE!

[maddiemom]

18. Great story. Great kid. I just wondered if you refer to her as your

"step daughter" because she's adopted? Or is she a foster child? Not to criticize, but just wondered why you didn't refer to her as your daughter or adopted daughter.

[Bluzmann57]

20. well legally she's not my kid

She's my wifes child and I'm not the biological father. I am, however, daddy and that's way more important.
I mean no disrespect by calling her my step daughter. We haven't even started adoption proceedings yet.

[loudsue]

22. I'm a step mom, and there's nothing disrespectful about step parents.

We're just parents that stepped up to the plate, rather than doing the replication thingy. Good on ya, and that great little girl!

[maddiemom]

23. Thanks for clearing that up. In fact, I kind of wondered if she was your wife's

biological or adopted child prior to your marriage... and should have said so. Again, not to be critical, since it's not any of my business, but having worked with many kids over many years, it seemed odd that you referred to her as a "step daughter" something that, in some cases, might feel hurtful to the child if you thought of her that way. Sounds as if your wife and her daughter have found a really great guy in you! Best wishes to your family over the Holidays!

[HipChick]

19. Aww...I'm not a kiddie person..

But that is a great story...

[Bluzmann57]

21. Thanks to everyone for all the recs.

My kid can be a handful, as any 5 year old can, and this girl is 7000 miles from home so we are being extra careful about certain things we do. But she's a helluva kid and I'm proud of her.