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I Wish I Could Get As Excited About Literally Anything As My Kid Gets About …

Kids are better than us. They just are. Sure, they throw tantrums a lot and they need help with  everything which gets kind of old, but also: They’re cuter, they’re more fun, they see the joy in anything, and they get excited about everything. 

I watch my nine-month-old daughter’s delight at playing peekaboo or seeing the dog walk around the corner, and I find myself wishing I could be more like her. Then I watch my two-year-old son’s pure joy at putting on his fire-truck t-shirt in the morning or going down a slide, and I have the same feeling. 

In that vein, here’s a selection of things that have brought my son joy over the last few weeks. I wish I could get as excited about literally anything as my two year old gets about:

  • Unloading spoons from the dishwasher 
  • Unloading knives from the dishwasher (I promise I don’t condone this behavior) (I stop him as soon as I notice) (It’s not the sharp knives; it’s the butter knives) 
  • Eating with the same color spoon as the baby 
  • Getting flipped upside down 
  • Say good morning to the dog 
  • Giving the dog a bath 
  • Pulling the dog’s hair (sorry dog) (I promise it’s not on purpose) (I promise I stop him as soon as I notice)
  • Filling a cup with water
  • Even better: Filling three cups with water 
  • Putting lids on three cups of water 
  • Drinking from three cups of water with lids on them 
  • Putting three cups in the dishwasher when they’re empty of water
  • Seeing a school bus in the wild
  • Even better: Seeing a dump truck out the front window 
  • Paw Patrol string cheese
  • Sitting in the cart at the grocery store
  • Having your purple stuffed monster sit next to you in the cart at the grocery store
  • Getting let out of the cart at the grocery store and walking down the aisles on two feet 
  • Driving by the fire station 
  • Seeing a fire truck pull out at the exact time you drive by the fire station … I have to end on this one because IT DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT