The wonder of a child :)

You know its funny...

You go through life, day to day and take a lot of things for granted.. or at least push them to the back of your mind. The magic and wonder you found as a child seems to get lost or at least forgotten as an adult, that is until you have a child show you just what has been missing.

Julian, while he is a major handful, also views the world with such joy and amazement it is hard NOT to join in. Take for instance his love of trains and tractors. He just loves it when we are driving and stumble on a construction site. Where before I would have grumbled about waiting in line to get to where I need to go, now I point out the tractors and hope we are going slow just so julian can have a chance to watch them dig up whatever they are working on. We even pull over sometimes and just sit and watch them build. I point out every garbage truck, firetruck, and police car I see on the road. I also now know where every train track lies on the way to school and to his dad's and constantly check to see if there is a train on the tracks even when he ISN'T in the car *grin*

Then there is the nature lessons as we stop to help a worm back into the grass so he won't dry out in the sun, or to help (grin) a cricket across the sidewalk and watch the squirrel that is determined to stuff his cheeks with every nut he can find. Or better yet... watch our footprints appear after splashing in the tiniest puddle that happens to show itself on a walk.

I am loving this peek back into my childhood and love to see what will next make my child gasp in joy and giggle like a maniac :)