The conversations I get to have these days with miss Anna Louise Chipman are as entertaining as they are unpredictable. Why snails aren't in zoos, what all her friend's moms are doing right now, details she somehow remembers from months before.
You just can't move quickly with a two year old. Unless you are trying to catch a spilling glass of cranberry juice or prevent another injury. Then you're wicked fast. But if you're really trying to get somewhere, it will take a while. One such morning this week we were walking along, and smiling at our progress (or lack thereof) Eric said something like "Well, I guess we just have to live in the moment!" in a grandma voice. Anna pipped up "We don't live in the moment Baba, we live in Utah!"
Well Utah decided to outdo itself today, and all the beauty fall possesses poured out in one afternoon. I had about an hour between teaching lessons, and I knew we had to get outside again on a day such as this, so the two of us went for a walk in our boots. To nowhere in particular. The sun, so welcome, made happy shadows that bobbed along after us. And every cheesy saying about love or motherhood or living life to the fullest could have been used to describe how it was. All I can say is we, the two of us, were 100% there, and wanted to be or do nothing besides together, cracking open horse chestnuts.
best place in the whole world when you're two: Petsmart
One afternoon it hailed, and we sat in the parked car to watch. She said it was "Kale-ing". Maybe we eat too much of that stuff around here.
In addition to making up new songs about pretty much whatever she's doing, she loves to sit down when we're having band practice or playing music in any form, and add her enthusiasm. But very seriously.
Riding in Heidi Ho (idaho) This place may in fact surpass Petsmart on her favorite list. It is talked about lovingly, longingly, at least once a day.
dressed herself, and happy about it
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