Grace is a thief.
It happened every morning. Right when she would wake up, she would go straight to Jackson's room and grab the little green frog that sat on his bed. She loved it!
We tried to explain to Jackson that she only liked it because it reminded her of him, but that did not make him feel better. Finally, one day, he'd had enough. I had heard enough about it so I told him to go and hide it and then she won't be able to take it. That seemed to work. He was happy!
I didn't think anymore about it. Grace would ask for it each morning, but I just told her it was lost and to go look for it. It kept her busy and that was just an added bonus. Then about two weeks later, I was in Grace's room and noticed this.
Apparently, Jackson thought that the best hiding spot to keep his frog away from her was right under her nose. I don't know what's worse. Jackson thinking this was the smartest place to hide it or that Grace never found it. Either way, I about died laughing.
* In the end, the frog was discovered and the process went on and on until Christmas time. Jackson was trying to decide what to get Grace and thought of the perfect gift ... his little green frog. He wrapped it up and before handing it to her on Christmas morning explained to her why he was giving it to her and that she was going to need to take good care of it for him. She agreed and then he let her open it. She was so excited. It was her favorite gift and still is. It's always nice when it ends happily.
It happened every morning. Right when she would wake up, she would go straight to Jackson's room and grab the little green frog that sat on his bed. She loved it!
We tried to explain to Jackson that she only liked it because it reminded her of him, but that did not make him feel better. Finally, one day, he'd had enough. I had heard enough about it so I told him to go and hide it and then she won't be able to take it. That seemed to work. He was happy!
I didn't think anymore about it. Grace would ask for it each morning, but I just told her it was lost and to go look for it. It kept her busy and that was just an added bonus. Then about two weeks later, I was in Grace's room and noticed this.
Apparently, Jackson thought that the best hiding spot to keep his frog away from her was right under her nose. I don't know what's worse. Jackson thinking this was the smartest place to hide it or that Grace never found it. Either way, I about died laughing.
* In the end, the frog was discovered and the process went on and on until Christmas time. Jackson was trying to decide what to get Grace and thought of the perfect gift ... his little green frog. He wrapped it up and before handing it to her on Christmas morning explained to her why he was giving it to her and that she was going to need to take good care of it for him. She agreed and then he let her open it. She was so excited. It was her favorite gift and still is. It's always nice when it ends happily.
