Summer Fun

Yesterday morning Todd was suppose to leave for a work trip to Orlando, his flight was canceled so we got an extra fun weekend night with him before he leave this morning. It was gorgeous outside. Hannah wanted to try her new roller skates which did not work out well. I got a "I told you so from Dad". She saw the sprinklers on and decided that would be much more fun. Off she went right with the clothes she had on. A year ago, we would had gone inside, changed into a swim suit, got a towel, and some toys to play with while running through sprinklers. With Drew in tote, and lack of energy to go above and beyond the call of duty, we told Hannah wearing her dress would be just fine, and she thought that was pretty funny. Hopefully we didn't start a trend, but she had so much fun and it was really cute watching her. I also love anything that burns energy off, so this was perfect. I love how kids can have fun with the simplest things. Last weekend Hannah was begging to go to the pool. I kept telling her it wasn't a good day for it, it was cloudy and it could rain. After an hour of begging, Hannah finally said "Mom, it doesn't have to be sunny to have fun, you can have just as much fun under the clouds. It doesn't matter if it rains if we are already wet". She made a really good point, off to the pool we went. She was right, she had a great time, and the weather didn't matter. Sometimes those little words that come out of little kids mouths mean much more than they are really trying to say, it is wonderful that parents can learn just as much from their kids as they are trying to teach.