My children are growing. We had to add a couple more cow shirts to our supply box that sits in the top of my closet, because the biggest shirts in there no longer fit my biggest children! Plus, we seem to add to our herd every year or so, so more shirts were a necessity. Ha. Reese, Quincy, and I had a late night mommy daughter date on Monday after the boys went to bed. We hit up JoAnne's for some patches for a craft project Q is working on during her sewing lessons with Eunice, and then picked up a couple cheap plain white tees and spotted em up before bed.
In the morning I had a herd of heifers and bulls ready to bust down CFA. (Soren isn't mad, here, just mooing) We hit up bentonville for an early breakfast. After I picked Reese up from her phonics class, Danielle P and Jill S texted us to meet them at a park in Rogers. We went there to play (minus Q, who was now with Eunice on a date), and I got a text from Julie S asking to steal reese. They joined us at the park too! Great fun, my children love a new park and friends. The only pic I have is this fuzzy caterpillar Reese and Finley took a photo of.
We then all went to the rogers CFA for lunch!
Pictured above: Jill, Dean, and Rachel S, Danielle, Isabelle, and Bradley P.
Pictured below: Ruby and Penny M, Finley S holding Sloane, Shirley M, Reese, Sully S, Corbin, Landan S, Sammy B, and Sam M.
Eat Mor Chikin!
Reese went home with Shaws for the afternoon and reports they went to bentonville CFA for dinner! LOL she proudly ate CFA for breakfast lunch and dinner.
I think my favorite story from the day is Reese enjoying her new freedom to text a couple of select friends. She sent her friend, Minisha, a text that said, "Happy Cow Day!"
Minisha laughed and said, "I can't eat cows, remember? I worship cows."
Reese then, in an attempt to backpedal said, well we don't EAT cows, we dress up like cows and eat chicken.
Minisha laughed again. "But I don't eat chicken on Tuesdays hahaha"
Ahh!
And this is when Reese came to me and "asked, what do I say now?!"
Doh! Reese! Minisha is Hindu.
It was a good opportunity for Reese to ask her friend some follow up questions and learned a little more about her religion. Her conclusion was "so like every day is cow appreciation day for Minisha. I knew she didn't eat meat or other foods on certain days, but I never knew why"
This was thought provoking to me as I wondered if if our Hindu friends find it insensitive at all that we romp around dressed like cows for free CFA, every summer. Fortunately, Minisha is not unlike every other Hindu practicing person I've ever met: a promoter of peace. She told Reese to live it up and have fun! I think we can learn from this response and be slow to take offense when we are the ones who have a difference.
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