An Easter Memory
I pulled down the box of Easter decorations from the closet and what did I find? Pooh and Piglet in their Easter costumes. These two always make me smile and remember my little Joe.
How the game began is hard to recall. But, basically, little Joe (probably 2 1/2 years old) would take Pooh and Piglet and hide them under my shirt. One time, when he wasn’t looking, I quickly hid Pooh and Piglet somewhere else in the room and sat back down in the same position. When Joe came back to check on them, imagine Joe’s wide eyes and giggles when they were GONE. It was Easter magic at its best. We played that game over and over and over with the same delighted giggles and scurrying to find the lost animals.
A year later, when I retrieved the Easter decoration box, there were Pooh and Piglet. Joe immediately grabbed them and stuffed them under my shirt! He was so excited to play the game again. Of course, with each passing year he got wiser and harder to trick. I told him they couldn’t disappear while he was watching, so he then volunteered to hide in the bathroom. Of course, that worked like a charm 🙂 That Easter magic lasted for several more years. He didn’t ask to play this year, but he had a big grin on his face when he saw them again.
Love you, Joe.
