Worthy Witness

Luke wanted a blue dinosaur and Lilly wanted a pink fairy,

but it was Emma who decided to paint her own design.

There was a table set up with watercolors, paint, brushes and paper,

and Meg had her own corner as designated face painter.

Isaiah was using puffy paint on the black iron table,

but Jadyn took off shoes to dunk her feet in the fish pond.

Emma went to the table for finger painting,

and paper plates filled with blobs of blue and red and green and yellow.

Emma put stripes on her face, wiping her finger on paper towels,

but she made sure the caterpillar was still in the paper cup lined with grass.

OJ was snoozing on the lounge chair in the shade,

and the mommies and daddies were at the picnic table with Poppa.

Noni went into the house to write a story,

but she brought marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate bars.

We all made s’mores, and went to the parade,

and missed it; too late.

So we had watermelon,

but couldn’t have a rock from Poppa’s pail,

and we went home.