random acts of kindness

today we spent hours in search of an animal rescuer costume. they're hard to find b/c every four year old little girl wants to be an animal rescuer for halloween. oh wait, that's not true, most four year old little girls want to be cinderella. our little girl will be the only little girl or boy at fright free fun night (at our church) dressed in a hunting vest. we scoured the stores for a tackle vest in her size, but it's hunting season not fishing season, so a hunting vest it is. while on my desperate expedition to find a tackle vest in an extra small child size, i stopped at the local tractor supply company. i asked the man at desk if they had munchkin vests - of couse not. then i asked if they had cheap binoculars - they did for bird watching. then the man asked why i needed cheap binoculars and a tackle vest. (apparently an odd combination. ) so i told him that my little princess wanted to be an animal rescuer for halloween. he asked her age, gasped at her vivid imagination for her age and said, "come by tomorrow and i'll give her a pair of binoculars and a safari hat i don't use. i would rather a child develop her imagination and get some use out of these things then let them continue to sit in my closet." ah, a random act of kindness towards my small animal rescuer.

maddie is going as a puppy. unfortunately, that's what emmy has been calling her. we maybe forking out much $$$ in the future for maddie's psychologist. but that is another post.