Simchas Torah and The Torah

I can not tell you how much I did not want to go to Shul for Simchas Torah. I was tired, the kids were tired, Matt was tired, it was raining, and the kids had school the next day. I could rattle off about ten more reasons why I did not want to go but Sydney did and she MADE us go.
She wanted to dance with the Torah and dance she did. She was dancing when the other kids had stopped dancing and moved on to playing. She danced around that Beama with her little stuffed Torah over head and an expression of sheer joy. People stopped me and said "Look at her face!".
So we went to Shul because Sydney insisted and I'm so glad she did because we had a wonderful time. They even gave the kids the Torahs to take home. Sydney fell asleep cuddling hers and she has kept it on her bed ever since.