Rachel's kind heart

Rachel designed what she said was an elaborate "treasure hunt" for us all to do "sometime on Saturday or Sunday afternoon." She said it would take us most of the afternoon to do it. She added that the treasure would be in her playroom downstairs in the basement and we were under strict orders not to go there until we did the whole treasure hunt.

When we picked her up from her sleepover, her first question was, "Did you do the treasure hunt?" We said no, of course not, we were waiting for her. With a little grumbling, she headed out to the farmers market with us (she really wanted to go straight home and do the treasure hunt) and then, when we got home, she whipped out an elaborate map she had made. ("I need to guide you," she explained.) We started at the couch, then went upstairs to her room, the into the bathroom ("Anyone need to take a bathroom break?" she asked), then downstairs, then through the kitchen, then into the downstairs bathroom, where she asked us AGAIN if we needed to take a bathroom break -- maybe because she thinks we're old? -- and then into the playroom.

This card was waiting for us:

Dear Mommy and Daddy You Are So Nice And Kind So I Decided to give You A Present! Love Rachel

Inside the card were two rings made of pink and purple paper that we could slip on our fngers. I was so overwhelmed that I got teary-eyed and hugged her tight. Oh, I hope she knows what a special little girl she is!