Little Bag of Treasures

For the past several weeks Renee has been carrying around what we affectionally refer to as her "little bag of treasures." This bag is so loved that she has even learned to say "little bag of treasures." It goes everywhere she goes, and I do mean everywhere.

This outfit was 100% Renee picked, we can discuss her sense of style another time but for the record I'm quite proud of her.

The contents of this bag vary from day to day and I can count on finding whatever I'm missing in that bag...keys, cell phone, glasses, perfume, Lydia's medicine dropper, stray socks, Lydia's shoes, whatever strikes Renee's fancy. Every few days I dump it out while Renee is sleeping to retrieve the items that she really shouldn't be carrying around. Here's what I found a few days ago.


Really she has all the essentials of a well stocked purse or diaper bag...cell phone, sunglasses, bottle, medicine cup, snack and drink. The fact that she thought to stock an extra shoe or two...now that's my girl. I just need to teach her to match.

So this afternoon Renee and I were weeding the garden and planting some onions while Lydia napped. Renee of course had her little bag of treasures with her. That's where we were headed in the first picture. She was doing a good job of helping (throwing the weeds back in the garden as fast as I pulled them out!) when I saw a couple worms. Actually I was startled by two large worms at my fingertips. I tried not to get grossed out, they were after all only worms, not snakes, even though they are the same shape, so I picked one up with my gloved hands and let it dangle over my finger to show Renee our little friend. I thought this would be a fun discovery for her...hmmm...well, she thought it was fun too. She took it from me right away holding it between two fingers and looking at it, chattering away to me or the worm I don't know. Next thing I knew she had that little worm in her first and was going straight for her little bag of treasures! That is not what I want to find next time I empty the little bag of treasures!!! The worm was quickly put back in the ground and I did not show her the next dozen worms that we unearthed! I think I will be a bit more cautious of what critters we make friends with and how I empty her little bag of treasures. Who knows what might be in there!