Toledo Zoo

We enjoyed our first Saturday of the summer with no footballby going to the zoo.  It was a good day - such beautiful weather.  

They have so many fun activities for children, beyond just the animals.  Logan had so much fun! 

We stopped at P. F. Changs for lunch and Logan and I took a nap on the drive home.  It was a good day. 

Right now, we are at the park.  Some other kids walked up and they said "who are you?"  And Logan said "Logan David Johnston.  L-o-g-a-n."  Love that kid. 

Father's Day

Logan's interview:

-My dad is 7 years old.
-His hair is bald and his eyes are blue.
-My dad likes to wear t-shirts.
-He loves to eat meat.
-He is smart because he knows when I need help.
-My dad works hard at work.
-Daddy always tell me when to clean my room.
-It makes my dad happy when I don't make a mess.
-If he could go on a trip, he would go to Tennessee, and he would take shoes, flip flops, blankets and t-shirts.
-I really love it when my dad helps me.
-If I could give my daddy anything it would be a box of t-shirts with fish on it.
-My favorite thing about my dad is that he helps me a lot.


Here are the answers from 2012 (Logan was 3 at the time):

1.  My dad is 3 years old.
2.  His hair is tiny and his eyes are blue.
3.  My dad likes to wear t-shirt.
4.  He loves to eat hot sauce.
5.  He is smart because he knows (how to) kill spiders.
6.  My dad works hard at puzzles.
7.  Daddy always tells me be nice.
8.  It makes my dad happy when I listen.
9.  If he could go on a trip, he would go to Disney and he would take a big truck.
10. I really love it when my dad kills bugs.
11. If I could give my daddy anything, it would be a toy or stuff.
12.  My favorite thing about Dad is when he draws Buzz.

And here are 2013 answers (Logan was 4 at the time):

1. My dad is 15 years old.

2. His hair is blank and his eyes are blue.
3. My dad likes to wear clothes.
4. He loves to eat food.
5. He is smart because he knows everything.
6. My dad works hard at work.
7. Daddy always tells me what to do.
8. It makes my dad happy when I listen.
9. If he could go on a trip, he would go to Disney and he would take all his stuff.
10. I really love it when my dad gives me kisses.
11. If I could give my daddy anything, it would be a toy.
12. My favorite thing about Dad is hugging.


I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE going back and seeing how his answers are different every year.  I'm so glad that we do this!

Innocence

Yesterday, Logan went to the splash pad without us and later in the evening, we were talking about the day.  We happened to know that a little boy fell and got hurt.  We were asking Logan about it and Zeb said "are you talking about the little black boy?"  And in all seriousness, Logan had absolutely no idea in a difference in skin color (to clarify, we were trying to determine if Logan was responsible for the accident, so we were trying to figure out if the boy who fell and hurt himself was the same boy who Logan excitedly hugged....). Anyways, the only reason I write this is because I want to relish his innocence.  That his pure mind truly sees no skin color.  He responded with "it was the boy in the American shorts."  And Zeb said, "was his skin dark?"  And Logan said "I couldn't tell."  

Tonight, we were taking a walk and Logan was running around with two swords. He almost ran this lady over and I was scolding him and said "you almost ran over that lady!  And she's pregnant!  You could have hurt her!!!"  And he said "what's pregnant?"  I told him that it means that she has a baby in her belly.  He said, "how can you tell?"  I said "because her belly was big!"  And he never realized it. 

So, in short, we've pretty much ruined our child in terms of innocence with differences in color and size of people in the past 24 hours.  

And...he lost a tooth today.