Bug has a great love for reading, we read a story every night before she goes to bed. It makes me so happy because I love to read. So last night we were looking through her books and she picked Charlotte's Web. She picked it because of the spider on the cover, silly girl. For a brief minute she had a pet spider. She found it alive in one of those clear plastic totes and decided it was her new pet. So she put a lid on it and sat it on our kitchen table where it stayed for a couple of days. She'd go look at it, and make sure it was still alive and sing to it and talk to it. She would show it to my mom and sister every time they came over. She's got quite the imagination.
Anyway, we started reading Charlotte's Web last night, and again tonight. We're reading a chapter a night and then talking about what we read. She's loving it, and so am I. She really wants to get to the spider part though, again silly girl. Tonight after we read our chapter she told me we had to keep reading til we got to the spider part. I told her she had to be patient and we would get to that part soon, we had to read the book from the beginning. She looked at me and in all seriousness said to me "you need to be patient and read til we get to that spider part tonight" I just started laughing, and she started laughing. Then we snuggled for a minute and it was time for bed.
I just went and checked in on her and she's sound asleep holding on to her Charlotte's Web book and has about 6 more books in bed with her. Little stinker got out of bed and got more books!
This Christmas season is a hard one financially for us, as well as for many others I am sure. I have been focusing on telling her that all we need is each other, lots of love and lots of laughter. I've been telling her how Christmas is about Jesus's birth, she now is telling me she needs to throw a birthday party, again, such an imagination. She's actually been really understanding. It breaks my heart not to be able to get her new toys, clothes, or anything else she might really want for Christmas, but sitting here while the house is quiet and reflecting on this past few months, as trying as they have been, I have a new outlook on my life. We may not have expensive clothes, new toys, etc...but we have each other and a family that is supportive and loves us. We have laughter and joy. We have a roof over our head and heat. It really is the small things that make life full and rewarding.
I'm really looking forward to the coming weeks as I get to read one of my childhood favorites to bug, to snuggle with her and laugh with her. I'm so thankful for being able to have a job that allows me to be home with her in the evenings and on weekends now. We have each other and this Christmas that is all we really need.
In case I don't have the chance to post again before Christmas, I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas weekend full of love and laughter!
