Imagination

My mother has a theory that as children, we should hold on to childish things as long as we can. Though I can agree to that to a certain extent, I wonder if society has just made that impossible. I look at my kids and I have one child, for sure, who has an incredible imagination. Ethen has ADHD and he has so much going on in that head of his, that I am surprised at what he comes up with, but he definitely will say or do the most weird things, but all wraps around what he is thinking about. Devin follows him in this aspect. You see, for whatever reason, Devin hasn't had that great of an imagination.  He has one, but he doesn't use it all that well.  That is what Ethen is for. Ethen drags Devin into these games and scenarios and he is seriously just along for the ride. Tonight, I have no idea as to what the game was really, other than bad guy vs good guy, but they had Chloe in the mix. Now, she is 2 1/2 and is developing her imagination quite well, but I never really thought she was that good until tonight. The boys were fighting against each other and what was Chloe doing? She was lying on the floor, pretending her hands were tied behind her back and that there was tap over her mouth (I assume tap) so she couldn't speak, awaiting Devin to come and save her.  Amazing, really what a young mind can do, with just a little help.

I love my imagination and am really glad that my kids have some form of an imagination. I may not understand why we want our kids to grow up so quickly, but I hope that though they will slowly turn from childish things, that they always remember that with an imagination, they can do anything. ;-)