"Hi Goose"

On Monday Preston was in the living room while I was in the kitchen doing dishes. I could hear him saying, “Hi goose. Will you be my friend, goose? Come here goose.” I don’t remember him ever talking to a goose before so I went around to the living room to see what he was doing. When I came into the living room I saw Paige standing with a blanket over her head and her arms extended and she was saying, “Oooooohhhhh, ooooohhhhh,” in a scary voice. She was being a ghost. Preston thought she was a goose. They played like that for over a half hour. Preston would get Paige by pushing on her or sitting on her. Usually she would fight him, but he was being gentle instead of his usual ‘bull in a China shop’ so she was being gentle with him. I sat on the couch and just watched them play. I know one day they will be gone and I will miss times such as these.

This morning Paige put the blanket on again and Preston said, “Hi goat.” I guess one day he’ll understand that we’re saying ‘ghost’.