Little Fingers

How many parents our there, or even just plain adults,

are bewildered by the constant picking up of strange objects

by kids?

 

I know with our boys, you wonder some days, why they haven't lost digits

to the weird little things they get into...

 

Well, we went on a hike a day ago and of course we have the normal,

picking up sticks, throwing rocks, poking at slugs....you know the drill

if you have ever gone into wilderness with kids.

 

Not the constant, but pretty steady stream of an adults,

"Please put THAT down!"  or "Don't TOUCH that!"

 

I know you can hear it in your head as you read it!

 

Well, we couldn't even bring ourselves to utter those words,

let alone anything remarkably similar when approached by the kid

carrying this!

 

 

Imagine seeing a little body off a bit in the distance on a rocky beach,

coming towards you and obviously struggling with what appears to be,

a bowling ball!

 

What do you say, except the obvious, "What does he have NOW?"

 

When you see that it is a buoy, you have to be quite proud of his accomplishment!

 

This makes for a great story doesn't it?

 

Does it make you shake your head when I change the details to,

four boys see their mom in a distance carrying what looks like a bowling ball,

and when she gets closer they say, "Holy Balls!  Look at how big that is?"

 

I had to laugh at their reaction.  Nia was just plain thrilled with it, and

immediately wanted to carry it herself.

 

Now that was an event of its own making...

 

But I thought it was funny...here we went for a nice hike,

and came home with a nice big, black buoy for our troubles!