Toddler-Vision

Monkey and I were coming up the walk to the house after a long morning of running errands* (including a visit to the doctor who saw me in the ER. He said my finger is healing very nicely, so that's good). I was rushing to get inside to quickly make lunch before nap time when Monkey called out to me, "There's an ANT!" and with no hesitation he got down on his belly to examine this thing - this first creepy-crawly of the season. We didn't have much time to look at it, but I promised we would come out again after his sleep.

And we did. After nap we went outside to play. We had trouble finding any ants this time (although we did eventually), but we found a few lady bugs. "THERE'S A LADY BUG ON THIS ROCK!" Monkey informed me, as though it were the most important thing ever. After we had our fill of bug watching we went splashing in the puddles. Lucky for us (but unlucky for anyone who wants to walk down the sidewalk) the sidewalk is low in front of our house and is covered in water. That ten foot stretch kept my wee boy occupied for the better part of an hour. Actually, more than occupied - engaged and excited.

Thank God for the way our little people see the world, and for the way they help us to see it, too.

* when I was small I thought people were saying "running Erins". It confused me a lot. I figured it out eventually though.