imagination

I LOVE this boy's IMAGINATION!!!

he has a great imagination.

and, i am so glad that i get to enjoy

and be apart of it everyday.

i hope that i may always

encourage & foster

his imagination.

this day he told me that he was going to fly to "bawaii"

and bring back mimi & papa.

he put on his cape

and even made a rope & golf club contraption

for mimi & papa to hold onto as they flew back to our house.

he really thought this was going to happen.

so, we went outside

(don't worry i put some pants & shoes on him first)

my little guy confidently & with total determination

walked down our front steps...

and then, took a few big jumps...

sorta waiting for "it" to happen each time.

after a few jumps,

he turned around to me 

and said "mom it willn't work".

he walked back up the stairs and inside the house.

"mom my super powers willn't work and the wind isn't big enough"

he walked straight inside and sat on that bench for a few minutes.

when mckay woke up from his nap a few minutes later,

beck told him in all somber seriousness...

"kaybe, i can't fly."

but, don't you worry he was right back to trying to fly

the very next day.

"go confidently in the direction of your dreams!

live the life you have imagined."

-Henry David Thoreau

 cardboard boxes.

we have so much fun with them around here.

monsters,

houses,

rockets,

garbage trucks,

pinatas,

cars,

etc...

in this picture,

this box is his rocket.

the balloons are to make him fly.

this rocket had previously been "beck's house"

and soon after a rocket,

it became a garbage truck.

it is now almost completely flattened,

but he still plays it with it on an almost daily basis.

this boy comes out of the playroom

in all sorts of stuff.

and,

i LOVE it.

this was another flying attempt this past weekend.

he came running out of the toy room

in this get up...

and excitedly exclaimed that

he was "ready to fly!"

he asked me to hold the fan up

and push the "button" on the fan

to help him fly.

he then climbed up that ladder

and gave it his all.

needless to say, it didn't work.

but, don't you worry...

a good imagination never lets you down...

later that night he jumped

off the top of a slide in our house

and upon landing

yelled "I did it.  I FLEW!!!"

oh man, i love this boy.

"imagination will take you everywhere."

-Albert Einstein