Little People, Big Dreams

If my boys would actually be serious and you asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up you would probably get some unique answers. Well, except for the fact that Gabriel insists that he does not want to grow up and wants to stay a kid because 'men don't play and kids do'. But either way, he still has dreams brewing in his mind. 

Last summer Gabriel fell in love with tennis. He would wake up in the morning and ask if tennis was on and if it was he would sit and watch entire matches. It was amazing actually. I didn't think he would have patience to sit through a set, much less an entire match, but he did! And he had a favorite tennis player, Novak Djokovic. He would pretend that he played tennis and pretend to with and say 'I'm Djokovic!' When tennis season was done Gabriel was beyond bummed. I thought the fascination would die away since tennis was done but it hasn't. Gabriel will still pretends to play tennis and loves to hit balls across the room. So Gabriel's answer would be that he wants to be a tennis player when he grows up :)

Eli, whom always is complete opposite from his brother appears to have a different passion. Eli loves piano. When my brother comes home from school, Eli will go grab his hand and lead him to the piano. Then my brother and Eli sit and play for a long time and Eli tries to copy his Uncle. Christopher, my brother, will take Eli's hands and play this simple song every time they sit down and one day after Christopher was done playing, Eli went and pretty well played the song all by himself! He will sit down by himself at the piano and try to play and honestly, he can carry a tune pretty well! Today he climbed up on the piano and grabbed a music book, opened it up, pointed to some notes and then pretended to play them and then put the book back. It's such a cute obsession for a 20 month old. So Eli's answer, if he could talk, would be that he wants to be a piano player. 

I know that their interests will change and they will grow out of some interests and into new ones and I'm ok with that and excited to see what they will be interested in next. But for right now, I love my little tennis player and piano player and will encourage them in what they enjoy :)