Wednesday, October 29, 2008

11 acorns and a rock

My tater-tot is in daycare - we just call it "school." Yesterday when I picked him up from school he went to his teacher and asked her for his acorns... hmm... she reached in to her pocket and handed him a bunch of acorns...

"Here mommy, I got these for you. They are your present. I got them for your birthday. Put them in your pocket"

At some point on the way home he gave me a rock to go with the acorns... and I realized - my kid, who gets distracted by all things shiny, spent his time on the playground picking up acorns - giving them to the teacher to hold for him and then a few hours later actually remember to retrieve them from her to give to me...

I feel loved.

And as I was about to throw them in the trash - they are just acorns after all - I got sentimental - so they are in a ziplock baggie... a treasure...a reminder. No guarantee that I'll still have them when he gets married or whatever but for now... I'm keeping them...

Oh - and no - its not my birthday...

3 comments:

Jewels said...

Acorns are like dandelions, not good for much but make a mama all teary eyed all the same.

Eternal Sunshine said...

I love when the little guys bring me stuff... Makes me want to save it forever!!

What a sweetie, but then, we already knew that.

Connie said...

That is so awesome! What a thoughtful child!