A Child's Reasoning

I was watching my friends' kids for a night while they were out of town. After our long day of school and Bible study, we decided the best dinner option was McDonald's! They were soooo excited to be going there, you'd think they never eat there (right, Marcie!?) The boy took a picture of the "golden arches" with my camera phone for a long-lasting memory, and we proceeded to go inside to eat (even better, according to them). After we finished and were heading back to the car, the age-old battle began: Who gets the front seat? The boy had the front on the way there, so naturally it should be his sister's turn. However, he argued that not only is he older, he weighs more, and therefore is the only who can sit in the front. To which his sister replied, "Well, I just ate!" I cracked up. And then I reminded her that although she did just eat, so did her brother :)

Touching the Clouds

A coworker and I had a "back to school party" for a group of our 4th & 5th grade girls yesterday. They're always asking when it's going to be "their turn" to have a party (usually it's the older girls who get all the fun stuff, so they think). So yesterday was their special day! It was a lot of fun, and I was reminded why we don't do it too often ;)
There was this great park near the house we were at, so we took all the girls over there for awhile. One of the girls who is extremely shy and timid asked me if I would swing with her. We walked over to the swings, I gave her a few pushes to get her going, and then I jumped on my swing. As soon as I started, she looked at me with this giant smile on her face and said, "I'm going higher than you! Look...I'm going to touch the clouds!" I decided I couldn't let a 7 year old beat me at swinging, so I started putting all my energy and concentration into it! I leaned back and stretched my legs out as far as I could as I headed towards the sky, and pumped with all my might. Needless to say, I never did quite catch her, but I treasured that moment of carefree abandon.
We found ourselves laughing and grinning from ear to ear as we "touched the clouds".