future of legos

I love the way Caden thinks...well most the time.  Sometimes I despise it (like when he is freaking out over his granola bar wrapper ripping 'the wrong way.') but mostly he amazes me at how thoughtful he is about his life and all that it has to offer.  David and I often find ourselves sharing conversations we had with Caden in which he amazed us at how he seeks out information.  questions we have heard in the last week: Where does the word hug come from?  Why do we call our lips touching a kiss?  How do you make whip cream?

Today at dinner Caden abruptly announced he was going to work at the 'Lego place.' (LegoLand).  He described what he would do on his job....help people build cars to drive on the ramps, give people bracelets to wear.  He even said he would charge people money to get in.  When asked how much he would ask people to pay, he gave it some thought and stated $3.

He then told us that he would have to drive home a long way from his job.  I told him that maybe someday he could move to live by his new job.  So I asked, who would you live with?  Again, he gave it some serious thought.  I watched him closely and his eyes flicked between Coleman, his dad, and me.  He smiled briefly as his eyes landed on each of us and he said he would live with Coleman.  I asked if anyone else would live with him and then he smiled and said yes, you and dad.  "we will move to a new house and someone else can move to our house."

The big question I asked....How old will you be when you get this job? (I was curious if he had any inkling of a guess.) serious thoughts and then excitedly he stated, 45!  I love it.  He will be 45 living with us in a new house and working at Lego Land.  He has it all planned out. =)

It was such a cute conversation that It was one of those moments I wish I had it on video but getting the camera out would have ruined it.  So instead of relying on my horrible memory, here I am to document.