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The things warm fuzzies are made of...

Here's our big girl waiting in front of Old Faithful last month.

Grandma is here! Yeah!!! And shortly I need to create a post on all the wonderful and helpful things that 80 year old women can do, but that's for another day. That said, her presence made it possible for me to take only one child with me as I went to pick up pizza for dinner this evening.

Soaking up every moment of her time alone with Mommy, my four year old quickly announced as we pulled out of the driveway that she would be moving just down the hill from us when she's grown up. As the discussion progressed I found out that she plans to have a red house with blue curtains and a room with green sheets and yellow paint. I'm assuming that the Queen of Pink has decided that pink is not a mature color. Who knows? Anyways, apparently she will be taking her hamster with her because she will be able to take care of her all by herself which led to a discussion of how she plans to have a counter in her room for Little Leighla. I've decided not to tell her that apparently hamsters only live 2-4 years.

The whole moral of the story is that I was excited to hear what my little gal is thinking and was grateful for the opportunity to listen instead of automatically tuning out the "noise" in the backseat. I often think about the kind of people my kids will become, but now it's even better to hear her thoughts on the matter. I recently read an article that challenged parents as to whether they consider their children as God's gift to them or whether we consider them our gift to God.