The Rice Family: There are moments

Friday, August 14, 2009

There are moments

So today I was folding some laundry when Ansley walked in to see what I was doing. I asked her if she wanted to help and she of course said yes. I showed her how to fold the wash clothes and then gave her a few. She did pretty well and when she was finished she said, "Thank you mommy for teaching me dat." I love it. I could just squeeze her forever. So to those of you without children who read my blog, yes there are moments that make all the other more trying moments totally worth it!

1 comment:

Corinne said...: Sooo cute!! Yeah, after spending my whole life saying that the bad parts outweigh the good in having kids, I've been starting to add a lot more weight to those good moments...; August 18, 2009 at 9:33 PM

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