Samuel has been telling me about all of the things that he wants for his birthday and Christmas. These dates are a week apart. He wants everything that he sees on television, in magazines, and in his brother's hands. He has even been making a list for Genevieve. Apparently, she wants a doll that poops and pees, a new Sing-A-Ma-Jing, and a remote-control train that has 100 feet of tracks (strangely similar to what Sam wants).
Sam has been keeping a running list for about a month...ever since his brother's birthday. Yesterday, he told me about his biggest wish. He wants a surfboard with wheels that goes on roads instead of the sea. I tried to explain that this amazing contraption is called a skateboard. He wasn't buying it.
Surfboards have caused Annelise confusion too. When she was Sam's age, she had a bathing suit with a small pocket. She insisted that it was for a surfboard key. She didn't have a surfboard and especially not one with a key. However, that was her favorite bathing suit because of the potential for surfboard key storage.
I think about how life would be different for adults if we still had some of our child-like reasoning. Would we look at chores as a burden or an adventure? Would we dare to dream more? Yesterday, Sam told me that "life is not too much hard". While his grammer needs work, his message was clear. Life is fun, exciting, and rewarding but sometimes we adults forget that.
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