kids these days

I love their perspective on most things and may even write my own blog about it all. Regarding age, I do enjoy asking my campers (ages 4-6) to guess my age and I get everything from 20 - 77. How wonderfully amusing! My favourite quotation comes from a young man I was sitting next to at a ball game not too long ago. The 5 year old was amazed that I was 27. I told him I was 5 once and some day he would be 27. He said,"Yeah in like 50 years." I love it.

...the above was taken from a comment I left for Debbie. debbiedawn.blogspot.com

Marching onward, kids are just great. My camp ended well and Harrison (or let's be honest, it may have been his twin Zachary) just loved it. He said, "It was Awwwwwwwwwwwwweesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome Awesome! I'm going to do it next year and the next year and the next year and the next year and the next year and the next year..." I was, by the end of the week able to tell them apart but it was by their hair and in my memory of the moment all I can see is the young man's smile as he jumps up and down. In other words, I have a very rewarding job.

One final note on the perspective of children and last week's camp is the Countdown. Any time I needed them to get a move on (and this includes not only the 4-7 year olds but up through 14) all I had to do is countdown from any given number, usually 10, and they would come running. Kids are like that, always motivated if they are being timed or tested. They never question what happens if they don't make it. They just go. I wonder when it is that they stop responding to the countdown...

...or really, rather, if we ever do.