For all intents and purposes, my girls are Big Kids. They dress themselves. They can buckle and un-buckle their car
seats. They go to school. They are learning to read really
proficiently. They do math “just for fun”.
Much of this Big Kid stuff is welcome, and
oh-so-awesome. But I am so very grateful
for the little glimpses I still get of their not-so-Big-Kid selves.
On Thursday morning, I let the girls watch as much of the
Thanksgiving parade as they wanted. This
is the only time in their short lives they’ve been allowed to sit idly in front
of the TV, and it was something they’d been looking forward to since last
Thanksgiving. It was the first thing
they said when they woke up on Thursday, “Mommy! We get to watch the parade!” And they were some kind of disappointed they had to wait
until 9am for it to start.
I watched the parade over their shoulders as I worked in the
kitchen to continue to get things ready for our big Thanksgiving lunch. They recognized some of the balloons from
last year, and they were tickled to hear their first few Christmas tunes of the
year.
We had a fun Thanksgiving day…we entertained friends for
lunch, and then we had some glorious “quiet time” that afternoon. We rounded out the day with some crafting,
and everyone was actually excited to have leftovers for supper.
At bedtime, it occurred to me we should read the Curious George parade
story. In the story, they don’t call out
Macy’s by name, but it’s not a big stretch to see the story is loosely set in
the Big Apple.
At my suggestion, the girls SQUEALED with excitement. (And my heart smiled big with pleasure.)
Baby A RAN to find the yellow Curious George book. She first raced into the reading room, and then
downstairs to scour the bookcase in the den.
She came bounding back upstairs, so excited to read about Curious George’s
adventures in the very parade they’d seen on TV that morning.
I know one day my babies won’t delight in having Mommy read
books to them. I sure am thankful that
today, they still do.
2 comments:
There's always so much to be thankful for!
That is such a blessing, Mandy!
We made your Christmas ornaments the other day (yes, the ones you sent us last year - as you know they arrive late so I package them for the following year) and LOVED them!
I need to take pics when the light is good :)
Miss you!
XXX
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