Attending a high school graduation party this past weekend and watching two little boys…one 3 and one 2…playing with icy water in a plastic swimming pool filled with bottled water and sodas.

One little boy had a short sleeved button down plaid shirt and shorts.  The other little boy had a light blue Tshirt and a navy blue romper.  They both had on little brown sandals.

They would sneak over to the wading pool and dip their hands in, scream and giggle and then peak around to see if their parents had caught them.  They got braver and braver and at one point they were putting their heads down close to the water and trying to lick the floating ice cubes.

Every parent in that back yard just watched and smiled, mesmerized by these two young boys.  And we all shared a moment, remembering when our sons (or daughters) now grown and graduating, once found so much joy in something so simple. And how much joy that gave us.