At 5, kids have the liberty to constantly change their minds. One minute they want hot dogs for lunch and the instant you make said hot dog they want macaroni and cheese. The same holds true for their future careers. One day it's a fireman the next it's a ninja but recently, for Jace, it's been a scientist of sorts. He used his mechanical engineering talents to come up with the idea to create a robot who walks around downtown handing out money to the general public. (One day, upon running into his creator, the robot would then give Jace all the money he possessed thereby rendering Jace the richest man in the world!) Not long after that, Jace insisted on becoming a genetic engineer to create an animal that was half tiger, half octopus that was also endowed with dragon wings. (Jace would then train said animal to become the greatest anti-terrorist weapon known to mankind!)
While waiting to get to that point in his life, however, he tries to come up with good ways to solve everyday problems around the house. Here are a couple I thought fairly funny:
On an especially cold day a few weeks ago, I sat on the couch snuggled under a large blanket. Jace approached and said, "Mom, I know how we can get you warm." "How?" I questioned. "First," he replied, "we need a really hairy guy!"
During the previously mentioned cold spell, the drain in our shower froze. Of course, I didn't realize it until I was standing in ankle deep water with a head full of shampoo. Later, as I'm scooping out the water, Jace comes in to see what I'm doing. "I know how to fix that" he said. "First, we need two zebras!"
Oh, boy! What will he think up next?
