All is Bright

Today while we were driving home in the near-dark, Hannah was oohing and aahing over all the Christmas lights. She does this regularly. Jacob, through close observation and thoughtful analysis, has figured out that the sound effects and pointing correspond to lights. So he joins in, with unabated enthusiasm. His "oohs" rival those often associated with fireworks.

As we were driving, Hannah temporarily stopped her sounds of appreciation due to the fact that no houses had lights on this particular section of road. Jacob, however, continued pointing and exclaiming with wonder. Just as I figured out what he was doing, Hannah burst out with what can only be described as a serious accusation: "Mom! Jacob thinks the street lights are Christmas lights!"

Bless his little heart. For him, the night was full of wonders. Forget plugging in the tree, all we have to do is turn on a lamp...