This Kid...

If only I could adequately portray with words the creative world this kid lives in.  He insists that he doesn't play.  He just works.  And he's pretty much right.  To Silas, working is playing.  He is forever working on some sort of project outdoors, regardless of the weather.  Building forts.  Planting crops.  Digging ditches.  Burying pipes.  Making compost.  His daily uniform includes snow pants, one of two favorite soft T-shirts, dirty socks, and his puffy coat.  He is often outside before it is even fully light in the mornings.  Today, we read a few chapters of Farmer Boy that described the extensive work Almanzo and his family put into harvesting their crops.  Silas then immediately headed outside with the intent of collecting all the weeds on our property.  That task would realistically require a tractor, but he doesn't know that.  Or care, for that matter.  He just loves to pretend work.  And if you ask me, the creative, make believe world he lives in is pretty hard to beat.  This is, in my opinion, childhood at its best.  Currently, he is up on the kitchen counter making "poison for the bad guys."  His poison includes dish soap, flour, salt, and I'm not even sure what else.  Oh, how he makes me smile!