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.
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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.
Awww! Seriously so cute!
Yeah right, that is so freakin' adorable. I melted a bit myself.
merry 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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