A Ninja Life
Max is our middle kiddo. He is quite the guy. He’s the most easy-going of our children. He’s generally a happy person. But sometimes I realize I have to spend so much time caring for Tru & ‘Liza that he doesn’t get much one-on-one time. Tonight I took him swimming to the Legacy Center. Hannah and Abe were going to come, but they had a major battle and lost that privilege. So – it was just me and Max. He was so happy. He came down every slide with the hugest smile. He loved his life vest. Before he’d go on a slide he’d say, “Bye mom, see ya in a million years. bwa-ha-ha-ha.” Oh, how he laughed. This week, he’s focused on the days of the week. He is so confused about which day comes next. I think he’s so excited to be counting down the days till our trip to Maryland.
On the way home we had this conversation.
It made me glad that we have no wii games this summer. I believe his 4-year-old mind might not exactly be in earthly reality. I encouraged him to not try and defeat the bad guys by himself, but to always stay close to mom and dad. Imagining is good, but I’m thinking we need to work on focusing on sweeter things. Mostly it was a really funny conversation and helped me realize what little boys think about. Oh, Max!
mom, this is me. hannah. i think that that is funny that max said that
Our kids can’t find any good times to play video games ;). During the school year they are swamped with homework and we want them to keep focused, so they only can play on the weekends, and rarely at that. Even though they can, they seldom do because there is so much else to command their attention. Now that it’s summer, it’s time to swim and be outdoors, so video games are mostly a last resort (just by choice!). I think you have good rules to keep the kids on track. But I LOVE Max’s way of thinking. His thoughts (and your presentation of them) are so cute!!!!