Something Special

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November 3, 2009

When I picked Grace up from daycare last Friday, I told her a secret.

“Grace! Hurry up and get your things. We’re going to see something very special tonight.”

Something special! Miss Eunice! We’re see something very special today!

Sometimes, it doesn’t take much to get Grace excited. She’s a lot like someone else I know.

I didn’t tell her exactly what the something special was until we were home. She had no idea what I was talking about, so I showed her a preview online. She told everyone she talked to from then on:

We’re going see something very special today!

I wish you could see her arms waving in the air for emphasis.

And, as enthusiastic as she was before we left, she was ten times more excited when something special came to fruition.

Anticipation was written all over her little face.

The show started at her bedtime, and she would wake up the following morning with a temperature of 103.5 (the flu), but that did not deter her from jumping up and down on her seat.

Try though she may, she could

not

sit

down.

She spent most of the first half of the show on her feet, most of it squealing and laughing. She spent most of the second half squealing and laughing from my lap. She’d totally worn herself out.

She was so tired that she had trouble picking her feet up after the show. I carried her to the car, fully expecting her to be asleep before we made our way out of the parking garage.

She didn’t stop talking and laughing and squealing and dancing until we were half way home.

It was a 60 mile drive.

Want to know what the very special thing we saw was? Stop back tomorrow for more pictures and Tell Me Thursday.

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blueviolet said:

How exciting for Grace! I love how she's pointing in that one photo!

# 4 November 2009 at 4:24 am

lpink75 said:

I love it! She looks so excited.

# 4 November 2009 at 4:34 am

motherboard said:

Nothing better than seeing the world through the eyes of a child!

Happy WW!

# 4 November 2009 at 4:50 am

gograhamgo said:

Oh my goodness she is so cute! It looks like she was thrilled!

# 4 November 2009 at 4:54 am

Sara Patterson said:

Oh, she looks so sweet and excited! I'm DYING over here… what was so special????! lol

# 4 November 2009 at 5:11 am

harriet said:

How sweet!

Have a great Wednesday!
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# 4 November 2009 at 5:13 am

secret mom thoughts said:

She looks very excited.

# 4 November 2009 at 5:20 am

rustinb said:

What a great blog! It looks super professional, who did you design? I found you through BlogFrog and will be passing this on to my wife and she'll pass it along to her friends!

# 4 November 2009 at 6:24 am

The OmniCouple said:

Awww, she looks so happy and excited. She is too cute.

# 4 November 2009 at 6:50 am

Lolli said:

Poor girl! She was so excited she didn't let a little flu deter her from having fun. I am guessing maybe something like Disney on Ice??

# 4 November 2009 at 6:51 am

hollyhamann said:

She looks so happy and excited! I am still trying to figure out what the special event was – its driving me crazy! I found your blog through BlogFrog and wanted to come over and say congrats on your new Premium Membership. Thanks for giving BlogFrog a try and so nice to discover your blog!

Holly (co-founder TheBlogFrog)

# 4 November 2009 at 7:35 am

ErinJeany said:

Awww how cute! Grace was obviously excited! I think I know what that special event was! We wanted to go too but didn't think Elijah would sit still yet for something like that. Considering we can't get him to even watch tv for 5 minutes. haha (which we think is a good thing)

I can't wait to read about it tomorrow! Happy WW!

# 4 November 2009 at 11:48 am