The Magic Touch

Nana and Pops came to take Zoë on a play date today. They went to costco and bought some really cute dresses and took her to the science center which she had a blast at. It is so nice that our kids have adapted to being around lots of family and actually enjoy going out without mommy and daddy some days, Dreyton has changed a tonne since moving to Calgary as before he would cry and run to mommy and daddy if anyone tried to get close to him. He now gets really excited when he goes and visits family or when they come over to our place.

"Pops" (Neil's name for his grandkids) has a magic touch with our kids. When Zoë was the same age as Dreyton we were visiting in Calgary and went to our family ward, Neil held Zoë one Sunday and through the majority of sacrament she just sat there on Pops lap. That was an absolute shock to us as she was usually scrambling to get down after a few seconds. Earlier today just before they came to take Zoë, Dreyton was laying down on Pops for at least 20 -25 minutes completely still. The only reason he moved was because they were leaving, and of course after they had left he was running off the wall again.

We have offered Pops to move in as we could use this "calming effect" on our kids more often! Unfortunately I don't think he will accept, right now anyways.