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| My little guy. |
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| JK Rowling's inspiration for Voldemort's pet. |
I am currently on a 10 day vacation. Nothing too elaborate just resting and spending time with my awesome family.
Today we had decided to go to the zoo. My 2 year old son loves to watch the polar bear they have. This big bear loves to literally swim in circles around his artificial ocean. My wife and I thought this would be a great opportunity to go since yesterday it was 65 degrees outside. Well living in the meteorologists nightmare that is the Midwest by the time we arrived at the zoo it was snowing. No, I'm not kidding. So we called an audible and went to the nearby Nelson Atkins Museum instead. I figured we go there for a bit, my incredibly curious son would break some priceless piece of art, followed by our hurried, and most likely forced, departure.
I was pleasantly surprised by how well the little guy did. He was genuinely enjoying some of the historical artifacts. Now granted I did get a great workout following him and preventing any maiming of priceless pieces but we managed to prevent any tragedies. He stopped and neighed at the horse statues, stared at an Asian lion statue (which he thought was a dog), and tried to sit on some 175 year old chair (he settled instead on the stroller).
Its so easy to look at my son and think (and correctly so) that he is a 2 year old and then underestimate him. Robbing him of the opportunity to enjoy something that my 27 year old self enjoys. As a father one of the hardest things to remember is that my son longs to be with his daddy. He wants to do what I'm doing. He wants me to approve of him and share the whole experience with him. I got a little better at that today. Boy do I have a long way to go. Thank God for the opportunity today and all the ones yet to come.
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| This STILL looks awesome! |
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| Had to explain to my wife that this wasn't for sale. |
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| This is a bit scary. I want my Mummy! |
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| Monet: one of my favorites. |
