THE YELLOW BRACELET

I believe it was back in January for Blane's birthday party, that we got a bunch of party favors for all the kids in attendance. Kristen's extremely thoughtful and well-organized, so made sure to get goodies specifically oriented for the girls in attendance, as well as the boys of course. One of the girlie goodies was a bracelet. It was a simple little elastic strand with mini-marble sized clear plastic beads in one color or another. At some point - there were extras - Tobin adopted a yellow one.

He's worn this yellow bracelet for months. And every day he has to re-find it after losing it on whatever adventures he's had the previous day. It was no different while in Sanibel. He'd wear it to the beach and often lose it while playing in the sand. Only to have one of us - or even him - dig it back up, or see it floating at the edge of the surf. At the close of the trip, the beads are more translucent than transparent, after all the scratches the sand put on the bracelet. Doesn't bug Tobin one bit though, he keeps wearing it just like it was a Live Strong Lance Armstrong bracelet.