{Ben's love of the Olympics; What do you want to be when you grow up?}

Intently watching the Olympics

It has unfortunately been a while since I've checked-in here... They say that it takes 21 days {I think... maybe it is 28?} to form a new habit... couple that with the usual life stuff, and a wrist injury from playing in the all-too-present snow, and sitting down to type just wasn't in the cards. {Plus, when you're laying low in the snow, it gets difficult to come up with fun things to talk about}. 

I know that it is old news by now, but the Olympics are over. But, they were Ben's first Olympic Games, and he was enthralled... so it was a big deal for us.

We had a lot of fun watching them as a family, talking about the different events and explaining them to Ben. When we played outside in the snow {hubs built a toddler-sized hill of snow in the front yard to sled down} he was "snowboarding"... he really got into it. When athletes fell down, he would cry, "Oh no!" and was truly upset for them waiting with baited breath to make sure that they were ok.... {he also showed concern for Bob Costas}. Conversely, when someone had a great victory he was thrilled, and cheered his little heart out. He paid close attention to every event, from Slopestyle to Ice Dancing and everything in between. 

One night, {curious to see what he would say, given his new found love of winter sports and professional athletics}, I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. He seemed to really think about it, but didn't name any one thing. They only thing he emphatically said "Yes!" to {when I started to rattle off a list of: Olympic athlete, nurse, doctor, fireman, police man, et al...} was Daddy. {Awwww....} 

So, we remain curious... we keep guessing, giving him as much fuel as we can to nurture his imagination and watching him take interest in things... So far our guesses include: dancer, fireman, policeman, librarian? {he loves books}, and so much more. {We obviously have no idea}. But, one thing we can hopefully look forward to is watching him one day with his own kids, {we'll be awesome grandparents}. 

This little girl is incredible! I hope she sticks with design, and keeps having fun with it! {It makes me want to have a little girl...} Kudos to her mom, too!

These photos are adorable... the "dreams" are beautiful and fun.