The Red House

There are so many reasons I find Zora to be an amazing little girl. She is smart as a whip--she not only can count to ten in two languages, but she has been known to count as high as twelve-teen in English. She's ridiculously hilarious--she can drop Seinfeld quotes like... well, Seinfeld--and she hasn't even seen one episode (this may have something to do with the exorbitant amount of Seinfeld quotes and references she hears from us). She is freakishly strong! I once saw her lift a hundred pounds right over her head (well, not really, that's just an example of a Seinfeld reference we often use when someone is strong--Zora is strong though).

What we discovered most recently though, is that Zora has psychic abilities. We recently started searching for a house. To buy. I know, sounds a little too grown up for us, but it's the truth. The first day we saw five houses, and Zora was amazingly patient throughout 4.5 of them (luckily we weren't interested at all in the last house, so we were fine bailing quickly). That evening we were talking about what she was looking for in a house (Zora's criteria are: a door, a chimney and some rooms), and I asked her which was her favorite. She replied "The Red House!" We hadn't looked at a red house that day.

Cue creepy/mysterious music...

The next day we did look at a red house, and we loved it! It was cute and had an awesome floor-plan, but Alex ended up not liking the smallness of the yard (there wasn't much of one) and the proximity to the surrounding neighbors. This story repeated itself, where we would find a house we both loved, then Alex would have second thoughts. Apparently this is common with folks searching for houses, but I don't process things in this way, so it was frustrating for me. Luckily though, things worked out for the best. Twenty or thirty houses later (I lost count) we found a house that will be really great for our family! We both love it (more than any of the other houses we loved), and... it's RED! Therefore, Zora has psychic capabilities. The End.

We should get the keys before the end of April!