Story Time With Tes

Today we left on a mini vacation to Pagosa Springs for the weekend.  The kids have been very excited about the trip, and started talking about it from the moment they woke up this morning.  However, as was expected, packing and loading the car took way longer than we planned, and Christian’s patience started to wear thin.  I kept assuring him that we were almost ready to leave, and continued to try and distract him with toys and his sister. 

It was drawing dangerously close to nap time, and we were almost ready to go, but not quite.  Christian had been playing with Tes in her room, but was now laying back and just yelling, at no one in particular.  I picked him up and asked him what he wanted.  He replied that he wanted to go in the living room, so I carried him out and set him on the couch.  Grabbing at one last straw, I asked Tessie if she would read him a book.  By some miracle, she climbed up on the couch and started to read to him.  He leaned his head closer to hers, and gave her his full attention.  Tes talked in detail about each page, and held the pictures up for Christian to see.  I was able to finish loading the car, and then just stood and gazed in awe at my children.  My poor son had been waiting for us all morning, and all he wanted was attention.  His sister gave him just what he wanted, and it was beautiful to watch.