Last night I came home from a long day of Christmas shopping (which was made more frantic by the impending snowstorm), and when I pulled into the driveway I saw that our Christmas lights were finally up. I had them on my mental to-do list for yesterday since it would be much easier to put them up with no snow, so seeing them already up meant that I didn’t have to spend any time in the cold or convince Ben that putting up Christmas lights at night was a good idea.
I came in the house and hugged Ben, who was sitting at the table with Adlani and Norah. Adlani looked at me with a big excited smile on his face and yelled, “We’re RICH?!”
I guess it was a fair question, since I would probably hug Ben if we won the lottery too, but I was curious about how a 5-year-old would make that connection. When I asked him why he thought we were rich, he said that one time Aliya said that we won a million dollars and I said, “WOOHOO!”
So Unexpected Riches = Mommy Excited and Happy.
I guess that’s pretty accurate.
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