Hitting the Jackpot

Harry and Gabriella were up late last night so they slept in today. We had a playdate with some friends this afternoon so I woke them in time to get ready to go. I was encouraging Harry to get dressed and I reminded him that Jim had brought up a load of laundry last night and that Harry had "Hit the Jackpot" because he had more clean clothes in the laundry basket than anyone else in the family including a favorite dragon tee shirt.

Also this week there was a big lottery drawing. One so big people were posting about it on Face Book. One so enormous that it came up in Harry's Karate class. So huge that Jim actually bought a ticket.

Listening Harry's sleepy voice saying, "Mawma did I hit the Jackpot?" Looking at him comfortable and warm in the bed knowing there would be a fun afternoon with friends ahead and a clean favorite shirt to wear. I was able to assure him he did indeed win the jackpot and he doesn't even have to know that I wasn't talking about laundry.