Before I Forget

This is one of those stories that has a profound effect, and gets incorporated into a family’s folklore, and then needs to be written down before everyone forgets where it came from.

A couple of weeks ago, I picked up Rowen and Elliott from a half-day daycamp, and Rowen was looking sad. I asked her why she was blue. She just sat in the back of the car, not saying anything. I decided to take them to lunch. :D Nothing like a Firehouse Sub to cheer you, right? Right.

So as we start eating, she starts cheering up, and then says,

“Mama, why is there a color for when you feel sad, but no color for when you feel happy?”

This is an excellent question. I say, “This is an excellent question. What color do you think the happy color should be?”

Without even needing to think about it, she says, “Yellow!”

And now, for weeks, LOTS of things make her feel yellow. 

Of course, this inventiveness cuts both ways. Apparently “blue” is only for when you’re sorta sad, not for when you’re REALLY sad. REALLY sad is purple. I’ve been told that through tears a couple of times since then. 

Every day’s a rainbow here. :D

Here, she’s feeling particularly yellow as we prepare to light fireworks on Friday (note the Wall-E shirt, which I swear I have washed every day since she got it - at least all the days I could peel it off of her…EDITED: I got the shirt from the super-cute Disney Wall-E store here. And, can I just say how much I LOVE that they made girl gear!:

 

 Happiness is a yellow girl. :)

Comments

[tammycirceo]

I was wondering where all that 'color talk' on the Spraground was coming from! NOW I know!! Thanks to Rowen, huh?!

[DawnS]

Tammy...I was wondering the same thing! Jess, I have to say that I'm feeling very YELLOW just thinking about October and the new Digi class! Thanks for making my day!!!

[MN (OR) Carol]

Plese tell Rowen that her story made me feel bright yellow all over!

[Carrie]

I love that story...life should always be a rainbow!!!

ps where did you get her adorable shirt anyways???

[shell]

she is so adorable! wanna give her a big squeeze! wish we lived closer so she and anna could play! they seem so alike!!! btw, tomorrow feels gray and it hasn't even started yet!! is that how all mondays are?

[paws]

Your girl is precious!

[Mary Ann]

Hi, Jessica - just wanted to thank you for the link to Beyond Megapixels - I've subscribed to a number of the feeds you've linked up, and really appreciate the daily inspiration.

You're the best!!

[HeatherK]

Yellow was always my favorite color too. Have you guys read "My many colored days?" I think I need to make time to take Camille to see Wall-E. That video you posted was just amazing. I love how her little mind works!

[ScrappyGuy]

Aww, Heather took my idea! I was going to suggest Dr. Seuss's My Many Colored Days. It would be perfect with the kids. They may even start acting like dinosaurs plodding around some day. Hey, at least you'll be able to tell how they feel!

[Jacki]

Candice just linked this post in our Photography class. Super cute! It reminds me of Dr. Suess' children's book- "My Many Colored Days." SOunds like Rowen would especially love it!

[Erin]

I, too, was going to mention the book "My Many Colored Days". I used to read it to my third grade students along with "Hailstones and Hallibut Bones", which is a poem book about colors. We would then write our own colored poem.