Surprises!!

My daughter is the first one to ask if we bought her a "surprise." She has told her grandmother to bring her a "surprise" next time she comes for a visit (her grandmother brings a surprise about 80% of the time). She already has a birthday list (her birthday is in November) and I'm sure she's working on her Christmas list.

However, my daughter does reciprocate. She loves to make surprises for others. Before going to her grandma's for the day, she often wants to make her a "surprise." She couldn't wait until Mother's Day to give her gift she made. She often thinks of things to give her little cousin.

But, my favoite of all is every day that I pick my little one up from school, she has a collection of leaves, sticks, rocks, etc. that she finds for me. She is always so excited to present her "surprises" to me. Her teachers have said they've tried to get her not to collect the stuff, but she insists it's for her mommy. This is huge because the teachers have told me she usually doesn't speak up. But, she speaks up when it comes to getting her mommy surprises. Today, when she left for school, she told me there would be no surprises. But, SURPRISE! there were more than ever. She thought she was so clever!