It's a little strange sometimes when I realize that my boys, including Brian, have been living in the desert so long they don't experience the things that I had when I was a kid. For instance, it rained and got extremely cold all of a sudden a few weeks ago. It literally went from 100 degrees one day to 60 degrees the next. I threw open the windows, listened to the thunderstorms and tried to soak it all in like I'm sure desert plants do in this situation. Connor got extremely tired of the rain and cloudcover after only half a day. He kept asking where the sun was. I told him if we move to the rainforest this is how it would be. Didn't he like it? He said he likes the sun and the rain.
As a family we were walking to the West Fest down the street, and we were admiring our tree-lined streets. Brian starts complaining about a tree dieing, "Look, the landscapers haven't been taking care of our trees!". I pointed out that the tree wasn't dieing, but the leaves were changing color. It's fall! At least I live around some trees that aren't EVERGREEN!
It's going to be a challenge to give my children an education in different aspects of life, but isn't that what raising kids are all about! The excitement of the challenge!
1 comments:
That is interesting to think about their perspective! :)
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