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If You Take a Four Year Old to the Christmas Program*Click on "archives" in the right sidebar if you're looking for more!* Here you go, Gannon! This is all for you--I owe you inspiration royalties!
If you take a four year old to the Christmas program, She’ll have to wear a sweater because it’s chilly out. She will choose the one that is pink with silver stars on it, which Daddy bought last fall. She's wearing a green dress. She’ll put it on upside down. When you turn it right side up, she’ll insist she can button it herself. The buttons will be rakishly askew. She will get in the car before you can see her. While you are driving, you will look in the rearview mirror and notice that she didn’t wash her face before you left. When you arrive and take her out of the car, you will try to lick your fingers without her noticing, but she will see you and say, “Ewww, mom!” When you wipe her cheek, you will notice that there is a chunk of candy cane stuck in her hair. You will not even want to deal with that, so you will put a loose purple hairbow you found under the seat over it and hurry inside, because you are late. When you get into the building, you will see your pastor. Usually a very busy person with no time on his hands, tonight he will come say hello to you, and you will hope he’s not looking too closely at your little girl. He will compliment her on her lovely shoes, and you will nod your head and smile. When he walks away, you will look down and notice that she is wearing two differently-colored shoes. On the wrong feet. When you ask her to switch the shoes around so they are at least on the correct feet, you will notice that her socks don’t match, either. She will say that last week, you told her she didn’t have to match her socks if she was wearing shoes. You will not ask her to take her socks off, because you’re pretty sure the bottom of her feet are dirty, and her Sunday School teacher is heading your direction. When the choir starts singing, she will sing along, even though she doesn’t know the words. She will ask you why the angels are named Harold, and why Mary is feeding her baby to the animals. When you leave the building, she will turn around to tell you something and walk right into a pole, leaving a large scrape under her nose. This is inconvenient, because you were supposed to get your family Christmas picture taken tomorrow. You will drive home feeling very exhausted, even though it’s only 8 pm. Next year, you will do it all over again. Except she’ll be five. 3:06 PM - Dec. 12, 2008 - post comment
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 Misty Krasawski is the overly-blessed mom of eight children whom she homeschools in sunshine-y Florida. She has been clinging ferociously to the hand of her Lord since she was knee-high to a grasshopper, homeschooling for the past thirteen years, and has eighteen more years ahead of her with the children who are glad she will have done most of her experimenting on those who went before. Her wonderful husband Rob has much treasure laid up for him in heaven for having been called to such a daunting task. Home User Profile Archives Recent Entries - How to Emergency Quick Clean Your House! - Being "frugal" or . . . not - On Turning Forty - Day at the Corn Maze - Permission Slips for Moms--at Heart of the Matter! 
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