Found #9 Today

This is a license plate game that I play.
(Now looking for 10.)
Coincidentally, the Internet says that today is national sibling day.
I associate the number 9 with the number of siblings in my family.
It was always a thing.
People always commented on our a big family.
They liked to count us as we unloaded from the two cars necessary to get us to church.
Our set table for dinner looked like a dinner party.
But Nope. Not a party. Just supper for a big family.
How my mother did it, I just don't know.

Saw a 005 last Friday and early this morning saw a 06 Arkansas plate number. Now looking for 7.

0003

On an evening excursion to look for winter weather gear for both growing girls, we spotted 0003.
We were driving on the highway when it passed us.
The girls told me to chase it down so that we could take a picture.
I didn't.

Game On: Now looking for 0003

I always notice license plates.
DZ told me about a game her GZ used to play.
Ever since she told me about it, I had been watching out for a plate number 0001, and I had been telling my daughters to help me so that I could start my own game.
Last friday I finally found one on my way to pick up the birthday cake.
And then yesterday on our way home from the property, about a quarter mile from our house I saw a parked car with this:

Despite the fact that we were tired, it was cold and drizzling, G had to pee badly and K still had to get to (recreational league) basketball practice--K excitedly told me that she would go with me to take its picture.
When we told Steve to stop the car,
Steve asked: "really??"
So he pulled over and let us off.
We had to jog a short distance to get back to where I saw it--and then we trekked home after taking the picture.

While this may seem like a nothing to anyone reading this--it is not nothing to me.

It is important because, the enthusiasm and interest K has in something that is "my thing" is a clear indicator that we are connecting once more.

Coming Soon: A post on How I started re-connecting with her.