Shark Boy

This past weekend Big and I went to Bartlett High School for an award ceremony honoring children that had written essays, taken photographs, drew posters, and designed a variety of social media concerning a rising problem within this countries' schools these days. Bullying. They honored all of this talent by giving out medallions and letting the children get up in front of friends and family. Lily Beth, Big's niece, wrote an amazing essay and it placed first in the county in her division. We were so very proud. She is extremely gifted and bright when it comes to writing which I hope continues.

 I am wondering at what age I can persuade her to begin blogging.

During the wait before the ceremony began, I got to spend some quality time with LB's younger brother Hutch who is 4 years old. He is an authority on most things technology and can often show me things on my new phone that he learned from his mother's IPad that I didn't already know. He is brilliant and I never tire of watching and listening to him. He was fidgety and bored but extremely funny while battling the folding theater chairs. He kept trying to keep me involved in his little world while we waited.
All of a sudden something dawned on him. If you had been there, you would have seen the light bulb come to life above his head. Hutch remembered something.
He turned to me and with all the drama he could muster we began this conversation.

Hutch: "Megan, I have something that is going to Freak. You. Out!"

Me: ".....Oh yeah, what is it?"

Hutch: "Are you ready?"

Me: "yep"



Me: "What the heck is that?"

Hutch: "Uh, it's a SHARK TOOTH!"

Me: "WOW! Where did you get that? Because that's kinda of awesome."

Hutch: "Miss Nancy gave it to me FOR Sunday school."

Me: " Well then. How do you imagine Miss Nancy got all those shark teeth to hand out to you kiddos during Sunday school?"

Hutch: "She pulled them"

Me: "You know what Hutch, I bet you are right."


It reminded me to keep in perspective the thinking process and simplistic bliss of being a four year old kid and how much I miss being one.