Evolution

A few weeks ago I walked in on Jay explaining evolution to Roan. Roan's had a lot of questions about origins lately, and Jay laid it all out for him.  Roan was definitely interested, but you never know how much these things sink in.

This week Roan asked me for an extra glove.

"What for?" I wanted to know.

"For my extra hand," Roan said. "I'm growing another hand."

"Why?"

"Because I need three hands. So I'm going to get one from evolution."

"You're going to evolve a 3rd hand?"

"Yeah. Daddy said that evolution gives us what we need. And I need three hands."

"Oh." I was quiet for a moment, trying not to laugh, and deciding how to play this. I really didn't want to be the one to crush this train of thought.

"You know Roan," I started, "evolution is a really slow process. Even though you need a third hand now, it's going to take a really long time for you, or even future generations, to evolve one."

"I know Mommy," Roan said, sort of exasperated, "Daddy told me. I'm not going to get another hand until I'm 6 or maybe 7. But can you just buy me the extra glove now?"

"Okay."

Beach in Winter

Catching Up

Lots of things happened this fall that I never got around to mentioning on this blog.  Here's a quick overview:

Roan turned 5. He had a party at Buzz-a-Rama, where he raced slot cars.

We went to San Antonio for Thanksgivakah.

We celebrated Hannukah. My father-in-law gave me this bicycle hanukiah years ago and I LOVE IT.

Ilan turned 2. We didn't have a party, and Ilan didn't get any presents from us, because I ended up using his birthday present for Hannukah, because really, 8 nights of presents just takes more organization and planning than I can currently handle. Lest you feel bad for him - don't. His grandparents mailed him gifts, which Roan helped him open.

I'm a little bit terrified for next year, when both my boys will be aware of Hannukah, and will expect a gift each night. This year I was bailed out by a pretty clueless Ilan, my wonderful inlaws and a very early Hannukah (it started the night before Thanksgiving), so I didn't even have to provide the first 3 days of gifts. I'd like to be one of those families that starts a tradition of doing charity work on one night, or donating to charity, or participating in some unique family activity, or doing *something* that's not so present oriented, but in all honesty, that seems like a lot more work than just buying my kids an extra book or two.

As I'm fond of saying, all this is a problem for Future Cameron.  She'll surely be able to handle it.

Brothers for all Seasons

When it gets cold

We try to remember what it felt like to be warm