Why my heart floods with love for four-year-old Mary:
First, let me set this up:
The mud is back.....two days of rain with five more expected. Fortunately, this time around we're getting tropical rains--a dark, furious downpour here and there, followed by periods of mixed sun and clouds.
Mary, on her second outfit of the day, was out front wrist-deep in a muddy rain puddle. She was holding a wooden board up, sporting mud on her knees, lower legs and forearms.
We were about to leave for a neighborhood walk.
"Mary, what are you doing? We're about to leave!"
She looked up at me guiltily, pleadingly, "I'm making a dam."
Guess who is to blame for this three-outfit, two-shower day?
That Curious George!
As much as the laundry and vacuuming are back to whipping me, I had to smile. I love that Mary! And that George!
First, let me set this up:
The mud is back.....two days of rain with five more expected. Fortunately, this time around we're getting tropical rains--a dark, furious downpour here and there, followed by periods of mixed sun and clouds.
Mary, on her second outfit of the day, was out front wrist-deep in a muddy rain puddle. She was holding a wooden board up, sporting mud on her knees, lower legs and forearms.
We were about to leave for a neighborhood walk.
"Mary, what are you doing? We're about to leave!"
She looked up at me guiltily, pleadingly, "I'm making a dam."
Guess who is to blame for this three-outfit, two-shower day?
That Curious George!
As much as the laundry and vacuuming are back to whipping me, I had to smile. I love that Mary! And that George!
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