The Grass is Always Greener

Lately, Amity has mastered "All Done!" and she uses it to tell us that she is all done with whatever she is currently doing. I regularly hear "All done!" coming from the carseat in the middle of a short journey or from the stroller in the middle of running an errand. She is learning that it is frustrating to be on someone else's timetable and I am learning to be patient with her attitude because I know the plans I have in store for her...they are plans both for her good and for her delight. Hmmm...this is all beginning to sound strangely familiar and convicting!

Amity's favorite place to use "All Done!" is at the table. Just before the above picture was taken, I had prepared for her a bowl of applesauce and she was contentedly eating it by herself. I went to prepare my own mug of applesauce and as soon as I sat down, she said "All done!", handed me her bowl, and started whining for my applesauce. I told her it was the exact same thing that was in her bowl and offered her a spoon from her bowl. "No, no, no!" was the answer followed by tears and a very, very sad face. I continued eating my applesauce and would occasionally re-offer her the bowl which she consistently rejected with more and more tears. By the time I finished my applesauce and showed her the empty mug, she was again curious about her own little bowl of applesauce. Seconds later, the red, teary face looked like the one above! It made me think of the Scriptures in Matthew 7: "Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Of if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!"
I am thankful for a Heavenly Father that is patient with this adult-sized toddler that is often discontent with her own applesauce!