I’m in the kitchen chopping vegetables. Reid sneaks up on me. She will call “boo!” and I will jump. It’s a sort of ritual she and I share. I am rarely startled but she loves to think I am. I love the joy on Reid’s face when she believes that she has startled me. We both get so much out of these moments.

Once in a while, though, I can’t resist. On exaggerated tiptoes, Reid comes up behind me. I whirl and say, “boo!” before she has the chance. Reid jumps and we both laugh. The glee at a surprise can be shared.

Reid is neither sneaky nor subtle. She gets these - or lacks these - traits from me. In the indomitable way of children though, she is utterly unaware of these facts.

[1] Capital Mom provides a theme each Friday for these Monday Moments. [2] Others have written about their own moments. I also wrote about  [3] Monday Moments.