I Am Mother Goose

Each time the Madore-ables and I go to the playground we've noticed a small family of geese. We've been making frequent trips to this playground for the last month, so we've observed the goslings growing up each time we're there. Samantha made an interesting observation: the baby goslings stay very close to their Mommy and Daddy and when the Mommy and Daddy move, the goslings listen and follow them too.

I mentioned to Samantha, half jokingly that she could learn a lot from those little goslings. (Samantha is going through a phase right now where more often than not she feels that she can test her limits and argue with what Jeremy and I have to say.) So, as plain as day Samantha announces to me:

"Mommy! You can be our Mother Goose, and Sarah and I will be your little gooses. We'll stay right next to you, and we'll try hard to listen to you."