Thea’s Counting
March 9, 2024
“Listen mom!” Yells Thea, “listen Christina!” She excitedly counts down from 20. She’s been doing that for a while, but today had both of us in the living room when she was showing off. She had just read a picture book to Laud and spelled four or five words from memory.
“Wow, Thea! High five!” Christina smiles, “how many sisters do you have?”
“Wait!”
*excited little giggles and a hopping Thea bounds toward the barracks*
“Wait?” Christina laughs and looks at me, “there’s no one down there.”
True. Becky is at Pensacola. Kimberly, Jaquline, Jillian, and Lucas are at gym. I smile and laugh. “She’s counting.”
Christina laughs harder, “she’s counting the beds!”
*Thea races in, jumps over Christina on the couch, and ends up standing in the corner of the couch* “Five! I have five sisters because we have six beds!”
Christina is still laughing. She pauses enough to give Thea a high five and comments to me, “she even subtracted herself from the total.”
“How many brothers do you have?” Christina challenges. Thea smirks, “two but if you don’t count Laud, only one.”
“Why wouldn’t you count Laud?”
I’m hiding my face because Thea is conniving. Little cheeky child looks pauses her bouncing to look straight at Christina and reply, “because he doesn’t have a bed yet, just a bassinet.” Leaving us smiling and chuckling, my just-turned-five year old skips back to the playroom.
I am so thankful for the joy God gives us through the smiles and laughter children bring to our home!
What cute funny antic made you smile today?
Thank you for reading,
Type at you later!
~Nancy Tart