"Mommy, Nolan's birthday is coming. He has presents."
"Yes, Matt. Your birthday is in December, and you will get presents, too."
"Yeah, I want some presents."
"What would you like for your birthday?"
"An airplane."
This is great. Those little Matchbox airplanes cost about $2, and if that is all it takes to make the little guy's day, I'm all for it.
"Sure, son. We can do that!" I am secretly thrilled that my boy is happy with such a small present. We have managed to raise a boy who is not too materialistic, who takes joy in little things.
And then my dear boy said, "Well, it isn't going to fit in the house!"
As it turns out, he was thinking of something along the lines of this:
Well, I think the poor child is going to be a tad disappointed. A C-130 is a little out of our league. At least he aims high!
We did make it to the airshow this weekend, which should help soothe his airplane obsession. Both boys were able to sit in the cockpit of a C-130 and an Army helicopter. We watched a wing walker and saw several vintage planes.
Both boys were mightily impressed with the pilots and planes, loud engines and aerobatics. An obsession with flight is going to reign in our house for a while!
1 comment:
Ha ha , that is really good wishing.....its such a boyish thing to do. must have been fun to experience it all. hope he gathered more vocab through this outing.
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