Scary words!

This morning Victoria came running in the kitchen, jumping with joy and yelling, "It's hatching, the chick is hatching!" Yep scary to me...I did not buy any chicks and at first my resolve was pretty sure as I laughed and said, "What chick?" Still overjoyed and bouncing she repeated (cause mom is obviously slow), "My CHICK, My chick is HATCHING!!" as she pointed down the hall. That sinking feeling mom's have when they realize they might not know the whole story struck me..."where is the chick Tori?" I asked with trepidation. "In the bucket!!!" she said (and yes she was still jumping). "Come on mom, it's hatching!" she said.

You know, as a mom I immediately began playing scenarios in my head ....how it got here, where it was and what was I going to do, were was I going to put a chick??

I asked again...because I am slow apparently, "Where did you say it was Tori? And what bucket??" "In the bathroom in the bucket of water!" came her last reply. Immediately I thought of the poor drowning chick when it struck me...after blogging earlier about asking "good" questions I had not asked the most important one! "A REAL chick?" and Tori said, "no, my one I got for winning the egg contest." I knew she had a gift, even saw it in her hand, but in the midst of listening to the 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, 4th place and what they all were and looked like...I had not asked what the gift was. Dawning now struck me, It was a "grow in water pet" :) Thank goodness!!!

It is a super sweet yellow chick...just the kind that brings a mom joy...not fear!