I have been working on putting together the Valentine’s Day party for Ellie’s pre-school class next week.  Her teacher suggested that the children would like a scavenger hunt.  I found one that I decided to try at home too.  I set out a vase on the kitchen table with some silk stems in it and tied 7 pink notecards to it with various riddles to solve and answer over the next week.  While I was fixing dinner, Hannah told me that she read all the riddles while eating her after school snack and that she knew all the answers, but she would “help Ellie” (her code for that in between stage of ‘sometimes big and sometimes little’).  I anticipated that Hannah might be a little old, but she is ever the enthusiast when it comes to fun and games.

Question Number 1 last night:  ”You captured our hearts with your arrival.  Show a picture of you when you were brand new.”

This was the most serious question on the tree.  When they were finished eating they each dashed to their room to get their picture albums that were a gift from Grandma and Grandpa a couple of years ago.  Over time they have added more special pictures.  We went through both albums narrating Hannah’s birthday and the day we met Ellie.  I loved their enthusiasm for one another’s story.  Before bed, we watched the videos that Ryan made after Ellie and Julia came home.  I always cry.  Ellie loves that I always cry.

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