Happy Loser

Jonathan and I went to Thomas' Valentine's Party today at school. The last activity of the party was a version of the game Hot Potato using a heart pillow, we'll just call it Heart Potato. The kids had never played it before and were so cute. Once they got the hang of passing it quickly from person to person, the music was cut off and the child holding the pillow got a heart sticker and was out of the game. Well, wouldn't you know it, my sensitive child was the first one out. It melted my heart, and cracked Lisa up, when Thomas came running up to me excitedly saying, "Mommy, can you believe I'm the first person to win?!?" And the rest of the kids were excited too. As each person ended up with the pillow, received their heart sticker, and got out of the circle, they clapped madly and cheered for the "winner" before the music started again.