We went Jet skiing when Irene and Andrew (J's sister and brother in law) came to visit. They came to visit when they decided to quit Chicago and move back to Idaho. They stopped to see us on their way back. We had a lot of fun, but M couldn't get used to the cold lake water...she'd try to pick up her feet as far as possible so she wouldn't touch the water. We got her to come take a picture with us though.
Ok. So, we've talked to M about strangers a bit, telling her to be safe and what not. A couple of times she brings it up when we say no she can't do something and she says "because there are stangers?" or some such. We haven't talked about it recently, but apparently the message stuck: We were at Wal-Mart, had just finised checking out and J went to use the restroom and M wanted to get a drink from the water fountain -I was still a few steps behind, so M said "Mom will you come a little bit closer?" and I said yes, and she continued "because you wouldn't want a stranger to grab me." I smiled and said "No I wouldn't like that." And she said "You would say 'oh no! someone has taken my child!" At which point I couldn't help but laugh and tell her how much I loved her.
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