Distractions

Face painting reactivated Zibbi's smile...

After flooding last month, Madison has become a swamp land.  The Mosquito population is completely thriving, even in the morning.  Not our usual for September.  Sunday was the Wish Walk, not only was it already warm in the morning, did I mention the mosquitoes?  Holy moly, they adore Zibbi and I worry they may just fly off with her...As we registered for the walk, one of the volunteers mentioned that mascots were on hand.  Zibbi is TERRIFIED of mascots, so she immediately burst into tears and hid herself.  To distract Zibbi, I suggested we create a bracelet.  On a table next to us, were bowls filled with bracelets that read, "I wish to go..." OR "I wish to be..." So everyone could imagine and share what wish they would request, if they had a wish granted.  Zibbi told me she wanted "I wish to go..." and when I inquired what I should write, she said, "home"...so much for my distraction techniques. 

It's the THOUGHT...

On a Saturday recently, when everyone woke up, Benja proudly proclaimed how he'd been up for hours.  I inquired if he'd made us all breakfast (since he is into cooking right now).  He paused and said, "I thought about it, but I didn't.  But you know, it's the THOUGHT that counts..."  Now we use that excuse for EVERYTING.  I THOUGHT about doing laundry, but I didn't.  Even though you have no clean clothes, it's the THOUGHT that counts....I feel like his Improv camp is really paying off.