2. Excited little people
Children see the world so differently than boring adults. They can throw their hearts into a rousing rendition of the Winnie the Pooh theme song and think their mother is the funniest person in the world when she sings the whole thing with every word beginning with the letter "B." It isn't hard to find a thousand favorite things when you are surrounded by little people. I think the Lord gives emotional highs in exchange for all the physical lows experienced in this stage. Here are just two examples of things they said that brought a little smile to my face today:
Adeline: At first when you turned around, I thought the side of your arm looked skinny, but then I saw it was not skinny. I said not skinny because we aren't allowed to say you are fat. (Why does this keep coming up?) Then they all decided it was okay (with my whole-hearted approval) to call babies fat. Cooper said it was because they can't really hear you very well when you say it.
Thomas asked me if I have green or red letters in my name. No idea.
Getting back to the excitement of little people, this is Adeline after her chocolate chip pancake breakfast (Sunday night, because we had more time to be together), opening a few birthday presents one day early:
She had a fairly long list of birthday wishes, listing minutia such as "for my birthday snack, I would like..." As if she were the queen. Except on your birthday you do kind of get to be queen, so I went ahead and bought the birthday snack. Being part of a larger family means you don't always get as many options; you learn to go with the flow. But on your birthday, you get to direct the show. I think that's kind of fun. And it really doesn't take much to get these kids excited. (Yes, she asked for garden tools for her birthday.)
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ah, a watch and a shovel, the stuff little girl's dreams are made of ;) KIDDING. i love it. and now i'm laughing because i'm about to wrap up lenna's bday presents - a step stool, a real whisk, and some measuring cups.
Next week, she'll have a party with her cousins. Cooper said, "I can't wait until your party, when you get some real presents, like toys!"
Sweet--I think kids and shovels go together--mine wanted them also at gift time. And some of those holes they dug were big enough to play in! Brings back good memories-thanks!
Barbara T.
LOVE the shovel!!! A girl after her daddy's heart! :-)
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