Eden is always trying to run back and forth across the church pews. She keeps playing with the families that sit behind us. Sometimes she asks them for a hug, so they pull her over onto their bench and play with her for awhile. For us it ends up being a pretty low maintenance meeting, because someone else is always entertaining her.

Two weeks ago a lady handed Eden a vial of hand sanitizer. About three quarters of a second later I saw her snatch it back away. Later she whispered to me, “As soon as I gave her the hand sanitizer, she went for the cap and started twisting it off. How did she even know what a cap was?” Yep, Eden likes caps.

Later on in the meeting she went to play with a man on the opposite end of the bench. He saw her staring at his smartphone. So he put it in its case and snapped it shut, and handed it to her. Eden didn’t hesitate. She undid the snap, flipped open the bifold, grabbed the phone, and started pressing buttons. Later he said, “She went right for those buttons, didn’t she?” Yep, Eden likes buttons.