God bless the man who invented Transformers

My five-year-old son Isaac has played with Transformers literally all day today. They have been special mind-reading machines, bad-guy detectors, and even secret-compartment-unlockers. He comes to me every so often, showing me a Transformer toy in some state of mid-transform, and describes to me the "energy bond" that forms between these two pieces... etc... those toys have really enlivened this house. They're tough, too, because he's rough on them and they stay together.

He dashes through the house to the backyard, making sci-fi little-boy noises, and a little later comes barrelling back through the house and dashes up the stairs... all the while carrying one of his Transformer toys high in the air or straight out in front of him.





Imagination -- recently I asked my mom what my favorite toy was when I was a child, and her apt answer was "your imagination." She's right... I still indulge my imagination sometimes, but I remember when it was where I lived 24-7. What a lively world. It's fun to watch my kids spending time there, too.