What Does the Fox Say?

My husband and I babysat for some friends a couple weeks ago. They have a three year old daughter and she is the most polite little girl in the whole world. As we were getting her ready for bed, we let her choose a couple of books to read. As she was browsing through her bookshelf for her favorites, I saw a book with a big fox on the front. We had read a book earlier that night that talked about what sounds different animals make. It hadn't mentioned a fox, and my husband and I both get a kick out of the viral video, so I pointed to the book cover with and smile and asked, "What does the fox say?" Without missing a beat, she turned to me, tilted her head to the side and asked, "Ring a ding?" Coolest. Kid. Ever.

Crushed Oreos

I was riding the UTA Trax to get to the University one winter morning. I was sitting across from a young mother and her little girl. As we passed Gardner Village we came up to some fields full of large mounds of broken up concrete. These mounds and all of the surrounding area were covered in snow. My only thought was, "Man, I wish I were back in Arizona right now!" The little girl was a little more optimistic. She jumped up out of her seat and pressed her hands and face against the window. She exclaimed to her mother, "Look! Just look at that mountain of crushed up Oreos!" I love the sweet knack children have for seeing the world in a different way. When I took a double take at the mounds, she was right! They definitely did look like mountains of crushed Oreos. May our imaginations ever flourish with out of the box thinking and creativity.