This past weekend we had a day set aside to spend with the one and only grandson.
In the morning we were taking him to church with us
and in the afternoon the plan was to go to the zoo.
He absolutely did not want to go to church after earlier saying he would go.
In the past he always went with us, but as he has gotten older he has refused.
After some cajoling and then counting, he agreed to go.
We could easily have said OK we won't go,
but we decided we couldn't back down.
He was warmly greeted and everyone was happy to see him.
There was even a hug from one cute little girl.
As we headed home I asked if it went OK,
his comment in return just made me smile.
He simply said "repeat and repeat",
which meant he hoped to repeat the adventure.
Thinking on this I am struck by how this happens in all our lives at times.
There is something we don't want to do, but by making ourselves do it
we find it quite nice. We want a repeat and repeat!
By the way, we didn't even make it to the zoo as it was raining,
but playing games all afternoon worked too.
Picture was taken at the beginning of kindergarten in the fall.
