Post #470566 by TikiMango on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 3:51 AM

Thanks everybody! It's cool that everyone appreciates this, I was a little apprehensive about posting this. It WAS really fun, especially seeing how his thought process worked and seeing the look of confusion on his face change to one of excitement as the tiki took shape and came to life. "Oh dad, now I see what we're doing. That's his eye!" I'm still not sure why he named it Whatever Tiki, as he couldn't give me a reason for it... and that's one of the cool things working with kids, they teach you that sometimes you don't need a reason as long as you're having fun. We forget that sometimes as goal oriented adults.

I always try to expose my kids to new and different things, even if I'm not that interested (like fishing, next on his list), and I hardly ever will say "No" to something they want to try. I figure sooner or later they'll find something they really enjoy and it will stick, and it beats the heck out of watching TV (though we our fair share of that too, crazy Flapjack). I can remember drawing at the coffee table as a kid and my dad saying, "Why are you always drawing? Why don't you go cut the grass or something else more constructive." He never got it, and I'm not sure if he ever will.