the wonderful world of boys

As a teenager I enjoyed babysitting and it was even more fun when it was little boys! I always said when I had children that I hoped I had at least a couple of boys. I enjoyed their energy, their play, and really just thought they were fun.

Fast forward a few years and now I have a 5 year bundle of energy 'round the clock! He thinks differently, he plays differently, he is noisy and physical, and he is interested in a lot of things that I would never be interested in on my own!

But the fun things is that I am learning to enjoy his world....

one morning last week we heard the sounds of big trucks down the street. Daniel immediately perked up and started begging to see what was happening. After I had my coffee and got dressed we walked down the street to where a water truck, a dump truck, and a digger (? or excavator? or...?) were getting ready to start working. I was completely unenthusiastic on our way down there; the sun was hot and what could be more tedious than staring at trucks? 

we found a patch of shade and settled in for the show :-) And what I thought would be so boring actually turned out to be pretty interesting! (in fact I think I was having more fun than Daniel!) 

So I found myself grateful for that morning for a little boy whose curiosity has opened new worlds for me. I was grateful that he took my hand as we walked down the street and wanted to share his excitement with me. I'm learning to enjoy the moment and look at the world with new eyes :-)