Dante has become very very close with a lady who lives down the street. She moved in about a year ago and has truly won Dante's heart. Watching the two of them together is just so reassuring that there is still simplicity in this crazy world. I have starting watching the way they interact so that I might get a few pointers on exactly how to win a 10 year old boy's heart. Truthfully the biggest benefit from their relationship is the one on one time together. Dante rarely gets undivided attention (which is okay), but it is nice for him to have a safe place to go on occasion when things get totally "daddy daycare" at our home.
We stopped at Michael's after church last week to use a 40% off coupon and Dante spotted this big straw hat. He declared that Ms. Ethel NEEDED that hat to keep the gnats away from her face while they were working in the garden. So, he used his own money, bought her the hat, and beamed from ear to ear the entire way home. He walked down to her house the minute we got home and about 15 minutes later, the two of them walked back down to our home. She had tied this colorful scarf around the hat and she looked absolutely adorable. I told her that someday Dante might chauffeur her around and she could wear her southern garden hat and be Miss Daisy.
Love,
Amy
