While at the grocery store yesterday, Kaylin and I picked up some cherries, one of her favourite fruits. So it was no surprise that she requested the same cherries for her afternoon snack. Well, that turned into one of most fun snack times I've experienced in a while.I pulled a chair up to the sink so that Kaylin could stand and help wash the cherries. What a great washer she is! She picked up each little cherry by the stem and held it under the running water. Then she carefully put each one in a bowl, while I started to halve them and remove the pits.
But half-cherries are no fun of course. So Kaylin dove on the whole cherries. As she bit each cherry, dark red juice dripped down her chin and all over her white shirt. This would normally send me into a panic. "Stop! That's going to stain!" But on this day, I could care less. All I felt was pure joy watching my little girl's face light up with each dripping bite of cherry.
And now I know why they say "life is a bowl full of cherries."
3 comments:
And good on her for seeing it that way and ignoring the pits! Take that Erma Bombeck! :)
The best times are those spent with children... Don't you just love looking at life through their eyes... It helps us put things in perspective.... We can then take ourselves less seriously... Hugs to all
Debbie
Great..now I am craving cherries!!! yum
Andrea
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