The Park and the School Bus

I mentioned in my last post that Keziah is really into school buses right now. Well she got quite the surprise treat today. 

Today was the first day all week it wasn't raining so we took a little trip to the park to play and unfortunately discovered that an elementary school was taking a field trip. The entire park was overrun with 7-10 year olds. I knew the park would pretty much be a bust. But Keziah doesn't handle changes in plans very well so we went ahead and got out of the car to see if we could play for a bit. Although with every slide and piece of equipment covered with big kids, the only thing we could do was the baby swings. I did snap these adorable pictures. 

Such a good big sister! She loves sharing her swing. And she is really good about holding on to him. 

Well after the swings and a few failed attempts to go down the slides that big kids were climbing up, I noticed the school buses in the far parking lot, so I said, "hey Keziah, you want to go see a school bus up close." "Yeah!!!"with squeals of glee was her response. So off we went. She ran her fingers along the bus and giggled with glee. And insisted that I take her picture!

It gets better! So as we were about to leave, the bus driver who was sitting in the bus and I guess had been watching us, opened the door and asked Keziah if she would like to come up and see the inside of the bus. At first she was shy but when I told her I would go with her she got real excited. So she got to see the inside too! You would have thought I had taken her to Disney World. She talked about it all day! And even as I put her to bed tonight, she was still talking about the school bus and all the seats and  how big it was. 

So the park was not a bust after all. It was probably the best park visit ever! (at least in Keziah's eyes)

Keziah-isms

Keziah loves to count things. She always counts the same way: "1, 2, 9, 2, 9, 2, 9, 2 ..."

She loves school buses. Every afternoon we watch for the school bus to pass and she always screams with excitement as she frantically waves at the bus. The other day we were outside as the bus passed and when the driver stepped on the breaks and the bus made a pshhhhhh sound, Keziah exclaimed, "uh-oh, school bus gassy!"

Keziah's first prayer: I was giving Reuel a bath and Keziah kept grabbing my hand trying to hold it. I kept pulling away telling her I was bathing the baby, but she insisted on holding my hand. Finally I figured out that she was wanting to pray. This being the first time she had shown an interest in praying, I held her hand and eagerly awaited to hear what her first prayer would be. She bowed her head, closed her eyes, and prayed, "baby poo poo. baby pee pee. AMEN!"