This blog is motivated by the thought of immortalizing the suprising, amusing, head-shaking remarks coming out of our 5-year old son, Paolo. Going further, I thought, why not share with just everyone else the other things he does which make me wonder how in the world did he come up with those.
Last Thursday, I brought him to the clubhouse to swim. We were the only ones there so we had the pool all to ourselves. He brought some toys, Gormitis and a few more similarly sized (meaning small) figures, which were placed in a plastic box. When we were in the pool, I suggested a game that I meant would practice his swimming skills. I gave him the rules: Each of us would have 7 pieces of toys and we would place them on one side of the pool, then we would get one piece and swim to the other side and place it there and then get back for another one until we get all our respective pieces to the other side. It was easy enough to understand and he excitedly agreed to play.
We were at the shallow, about a little above 3-ft. deep, end of the pool and we were ready to begin the game. He was the one who was going to say "GO!". At his say so, we played and while I was getting ahead of him, though also deliberately trying to slow down so he could catch up, he shouted "time out", frustrated that he was losing. I talked to him about it being just a game and we should just have fun doing it. After being convinced, he agreed to play again and we re-placed our pieces again at one side of the pool. But this time after he shouted "GO!" and I began tredding the water to the other side, he jumped out of the pool, got one of his pieces and began running at the side of the pool to the other side where we were supposed to place them. I raced against him in the water, going to and fro, while he also raced in getting in all his pieces to the other side. I was laughing the whole time that naturally he won, afterwhich he jumped in the pool happy at his victory. When I told him he was cheating, he answered "It's not about cheating.. it's about winning." And then he mocked a sinister laugh.
Last Thursday, I brought him to the clubhouse to swim. We were the only ones there so we had the pool all to ourselves. He brought some toys, Gormitis and a few more similarly sized (meaning small) figures, which were placed in a plastic box. When we were in the pool, I suggested a game that I meant would practice his swimming skills. I gave him the rules: Each of us would have 7 pieces of toys and we would place them on one side of the pool, then we would get one piece and swim to the other side and place it there and then get back for another one until we get all our respective pieces to the other side. It was easy enough to understand and he excitedly agreed to play.
We were at the shallow, about a little above 3-ft. deep, end of the pool and we were ready to begin the game. He was the one who was going to say "GO!". At his say so, we played and while I was getting ahead of him, though also deliberately trying to slow down so he could catch up, he shouted "time out", frustrated that he was losing. I talked to him about it being just a game and we should just have fun doing it. After being convinced, he agreed to play again and we re-placed our pieces again at one side of the pool. But this time after he shouted "GO!" and I began tredding the water to the other side, he jumped out of the pool, got one of his pieces and began running at the side of the pool to the other side where we were supposed to place them. I raced against him in the water, going to and fro, while he also raced in getting in all his pieces to the other side. I was laughing the whole time that naturally he won, afterwhich he jumped in the pool happy at his victory. When I told him he was cheating, he answered "It's not about cheating.. it's about winning." And then he mocked a sinister laugh.
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