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Packing My Dancing Shoes

My favorite toddler story goes all the way back to my youngest at three years old.  Her instructions were to take an afternoon nap and not get out of bed while I waited outside for the school bus to drop off her big sister.   When I got in, I peeked on what I hoped would be a sleeping child.   Instead I found her wide awake on her bed.   “ Did you get out of bed and help yourself to an Oreo cookie? ” I asked.   “ No !” replied my toddler with lips outlined in chocolate cookie crumbs! Another favorite is last summer when my daughter’s family stayed with us for a few days.  Mommy took a shower leaving papa in charge of the baby who fought her morning nap.  I walked down the hall and noticed him sitting on the edge of the bed adjacent to the crib singing lullabies’ to her so she wouldn’t cry!  What a precious moment frozen in time forever etched on my brain.  I didn’t know he knew those songs.  Just about when you think you reall...