Yesterday I agreed to help keep an eye on 2 of my most favorite kids in the whole wide world.... Malachi and Abby Bishop. First up... work, Malachi did school work, Abby made some cards, and I did work work. Then we explored the basement of our church trying to help our worship leader find something. WHOKNEW exploring the basement for something that wasn't even there could actually be fun? Malachi thinks we should turn the basement into a cafeteria. Where does he come up with this stuff, it's possible that the though came about because he was hungry, because shortly after he was ready for lunch. Chinese Food was on the menu today... WHOKNEW kids like chinese that much... they were pumped! Abby's excitement may have been increased because she was going to be eating her lunch off of a PINK plate. Then as I did a little more work the kiddos did a little more kiddo stuff... ipads, iphones, self recorded videos.... WHOKNEW a 3yr old and an 8yr old were so smart. The sun was shining and the natives were getting a little restless so we made the choice to take a walk... WHOKNEW the sheer mention of a walk would spark such excitement. We spotted this little place around the corner called sweet shop, figured there had to be something worth while in there... yupp there was... Ice Cream... I knew that would go over big, but WHOKNEW they would want to walk with their ice cream so we could continue on our grand adventure. The kiddos lead the charge picking the directions we would walk in. We walked past a puppet theater (3 times) and then we discovered a building. It appeared to be a rathe old looking place and we decided to be a little daring a walk up to it to discover what it really was. As we got closer we learned that it was a museum. We went inside and the man allowed us to come in for free... WHOKNEW our walk would land us at a museum. As we walked through the museum we learned about fossils, rocks, an old jail, an old school house and an old court house... WHOKNEW we'd find a random gem (literally) in the middle of Hicksville.
The WHOKNEW tribe took a random walk in a familiar place and we found a building that I've personally probably wandered past a billion times before in my life but never took the time to notice it. The WHOKNEW tribe discovered a place right in the middle of a town that was so rich in history, from thousands of year ago and some history that was a little more recent like hundreds of year ago. The WHOKNEW tribe taught me a few valuable lessons today...
1- You never fully know what you are surrounded by unless you take the time to notice.
2- There can be hidden gems right around you, you just have to be willing to look.
3- Adventures through a child's eyes are always worth taking.
4- Sometimes one moment, one hour, one day can trigger memories that will remind you of a lifetime ago.
5- Three year olds get a little scared of things that are unfamiliar, dark or different and people older/ more experienced need to help us/ them through those situations.
6- Ice Cream melts and asking for a cup with the cone is a wise choice.
7- Making memories with people you love is always worth the time it might take out of a busy day!
Today's adventures with the WHOKNEW tribe were amazing... and I'm looking forward to more WHOKNEW tribe adventures in life!
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