Happiness Is a New Bottle of Ketchup
As a child, I had a book by Charles Schultz called "Happiness Is." In it, the famed Peanut's character author laid out simple sketches of Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the whole gang with one sentence statements about what defines happiness... Happiness is a warm puppy... Happiness is having someone who cares...Last week we were going to meet our friends with two first names at the Zoo. I didn't tell the boys what we were doing - just that we had a surprise after rest. During lunch, Ezra and Asher were trying to guess what said surprise might be. Ezra had several good guesses. "Mommy, are we going to a new park? Do we get to play a new game? Are we going for a bike ride?" After many unsuccessful guesses, Asher chimed in. "Are we going to get new ketchup?" What? To Asher, happiness is a new bottle of ketchup.
Labels: Kid Wisdom
posted by Kirsten at
4:42 AM
3 Comments:
It could very possibly be that buying new ketchup is a better treat than playing with Henry. Although...yesterday Henry was in our dirt, "digging for treasure."
Hey, a kid after my own heart. I also rejoice in the simple things of life like new underwear, new socks, a new jar of peanut butter, the smell of new tires, etc.
Kirsten, you've been holding out on me, Friend! You are a blogger! I started a blog a few days ago, but I'm not ready to make it public...I'll let you know when I'm mentally ready to "release". Anyway, in our home, excitement mounts when the girls find out we need new toothpaste and/or toothbrushes. Better than even a trip to the Donut Wheel for pink frosted sprinkly cakers. :)
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