Thankful

My six-year-old niece was writing what she was thankful for on one of the leaves to put on the family thanks tree. As her dad walks by she asks, "How do you spell permission? So far I have p-e-r-m-i." He responds, "How do you think it finishes?"

"T-i-o-n?"

"No, but great guess. It is actually s-s-i-o-n." Then her dad (my brother) walks on and let's her continue to work independently. I ask her about it.

Me: Permission? What do you mean by that? Like permission for what?

Whitney: Like to do stuff.

Me: That seems a little vague.

So at that point she picked up her pen and decided to add to her leaf. She finished it and put it on the tree: