When Jasmine was a baby, we used to say how much we wished we could hear what was going through her mind.Thankfully now that she's 7, she's very good at telling us *everything* on her mind.
So now Josh is working at helping her tell stories a little more efficiently. Something I can't teach her, but he can.
We wondered if the kids (especially Jasmine) understood that moving involved saying goodbye to all their friends here. Since we've made so many week-long trips to Disney over the past few years, "Florida" equals "vacation." So we're trying to help them see that this isn't the same thing. And we wondered how we were doing.
Well, on Sunday, Jasmine asked Josh's brother-in-law Leo if we were ever going to see them again. Obviously she hadn't heard that they're moving too!
And at lunch, she asked if we could go to Cheeburger Cheeburger, our favorite restaurant to take the family, so we could say goodbye to our favorite servers. Bekah wants to make them a card. I told her we're not moving next week, so we'll have time to get back there.
She's already made an "I'll miss you" card to her dentist and hygienist.
I'm pleased that she really does "get it." She's finding things she's glad to leave behind (the obnoxious dog next door) and things she'll miss, that she's appreciating more. Much like what I'm doing!
The top picture is what it looked like as a school room. Well, by the time I took this picture I'd already removed the big, white cabinet and a couple of the shelves. But you still get the idea.
and the bottom picture: what it looks like now, as a sweet bedroom for an even sweeter seven-year-old!
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