Laughs

Wednesday I was trying to rush Ava out the door for Joy School. We needed to stop at the grocery store for a potato on the way. Her class was making veggie soup, and I was too tired by the time Mike got home the night before to do my planned grocery trip post kid-bedtime. Ava had been saying cute things all morning, but I had been so focused on dressing, eating, socks and shoes, that I hadn't given her much attention.

As we are sitting by the door, her shoes in my hands trying to make it to her feet, Ava asks, "Mom, what do I need to say to make you laugh?"

I laughed right away. "Is that what you've been trying to do all morning?"

"Yeah, and you've been bossing me around all day!" She said smiling.

Just a reminder of how sweet our kids are, how attune they are to our moods, how they feel responsible to help us relax amidst the crazy day-to-day stresses. I am so lucky to have my Ava girl!!! She reminds me to live in and enjoy the moment.

Speaking of good laughs, Mike and I were in the kitchen cleaning up the dinner mess. Ava was talking to us; Ezra walks in. "Sweetie, it's time to go on a date!" He says to Ava. Ava stops mid sentence and tromps off with Ez. What a funny couple of kids I have! What a funny boy! Ava sure is training him for one lucky woman!