When I picked Bentley up from school on Thursday, he was carrying his backpack very carefully and explained that inside it was a surprise for me. I was intrigued, but I know enough about 5-year-old surprises to not expect too much. It turned out to be a card which I was able to interpret as, "Dear Mom and Dad Holidays Happy Love Bentley," and a brown paper bag decorated with a Christmas tree. Inside the paper bag was a clay candy dish (which must be the updated version of the ashtrays we all made in elementary school), with a few candies precariously packed into it.
It's lumpy and small and basically worthless, but something about that little candy dish absolutely melted my heart. I cannot even begin to describe how much I love it. I will cherish it for the rest of my life.
May everyone's Christmas be filled with unexpected joys like this.
Growing up, my grandma's china hutch had this weird little welded figure of a man in it. I found out later, my dad had made it for her as a kid. And she treasured it with her other fancy stuff. I'm always a little tickled when I see some stuff I made like that still lurking around my dad's home office.
ReplyDeleteAwww! Seriously so cute!
ReplyDeleteYeah right, that is so freakin' adorable. I melted a bit myself.
ReplyDeletemerry christmas!
That's so sweet, what a good boy! The other day at mutual, there was a very young deacon sitting in front of me who turned around with a very sweet smile on his face, and it totally reminded me of someone. It took me a second before I realized he had the same sweet smile that Bentley has! Yay for nice boys. :0)
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