And by this age I mean her two-year old state of being. This thought occurred to me while we were on our trip to Leavenworth. It was the end of a long day/night and she was starting to get cranky as we walked to the fish ladder/nature trail. She lagged behind and started to get fussy (you all know what that sounds like), so I asked her, "Don't you want to see the fish ladder?!" with lots of over-the-top enthusiasm.
Her face lit up and she started running immediately while yelling "Yeaaaaaaaah!!" Mission accomplished.
She has no idea what a fish ladder is and, in fact, there are no fish running at this time of year, but she got so excited about seeing something new and different (encouraged by my over-the-top enthusiasm). She actually did love the fish ladder (despite no fish) because she loves water and she had a great time walking around on the nature trail. The walk back to the car got a little rough, but, again, we were able to make it exciting by turning it into a game (Doug encouraged her to chase him around while he ran in circles towards the car, crawling over chained fences, etc).
Of course there are plenty of things to complain about for this age group, but the fact that Vivienne is so good at communicating, enthusiasm is so infectious, and they are willing to do almost anything if you turn it into a game, can really change a person's mind about it!
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