Surprised and amazed

Parents expect their kids to learn new things as they grow. Days, weeks and months pass, and the baby you had becomes a toddler. One day you suddenly wonder when your child learned to string words together, or try on your shoes, or push a chair to the kitchen counter to get something.

I knew Fly would learn and grow, but I didn't know how much that would surprise me every time I realized he had discovered something new.



Like the day he tried counting to 10.

When he pointed out green and yellow.

When Fly excitedly found a large circle in the pattern on the playground floor, and then a triangle in the notch of an old VHS tape box.

And I'm not only surprised, but amazed, at Fly's imagination.

A tea bag is a kite.

A patch of sunlight on the floor is a puddle.

His toy cars want to eat his breakfast.



A newspaper, placed just so at the center crease, is a tunnel.

A container of Vaseline is a bongo.

Every week, it seems, Fly learns something new or does something for the first time. And as he learns, I also learn -- about him and his ability to surprise and amaze me.