What's in a name?

Adam came up to me today with the most serious look on his face.

"Mom", he said, "I don't like my name anymore."

"Why not?" I asked.

"Because it sounds really funny when I say it, and it's not very cool."

"Well" I said, "What would you like to do about it?"

"I think you should change it to a different name."

"OK what do you think your name should be?"

"Trooper" he replied immediately.

"Wow, that didn't take you very long. What made you pick that name?"

"It's cool. People named Trooper can do tricks and they have cool moves also."

"So, now that your name is Trooper, can you do any new moves?"

And then off he went; jumping, twisting, and showing off all of his cool new tricks. That was that, his name is changed. As far as little Adam is concerned, from here on out, everyone he knows should now refer to him as Trooper- just a little heads up.

Here are two random shots of Adam's black eye.

Those of you who know Adam well, know that he takes his "role playing" pretty seriously, and has since he was old enough to engage in it. When he decided that he was Lightning McQueen last year, he wouldn't respond at all if I slipped up and called him Adam instead of Lightning. He goes on superhero kicks every now and then, and for an ENTIRE day, sometimes more, I will have to call him Indiana Jones, Luke, Batman, etc. If I forget, he quickly reminds me! This kid has quite the imagination. Lately, he has been coming up to me every so often, taking me to the couch, sitting me down, and saying, "Mom, I have a really good idea", or, "Mom, did you know (last night it was did you know that we all have skulls inside of our heads. If we didn't have a face, we would look like skeletons! Cool!), or, "Mom, guess what I figured out!". It is so fun to listen to the funny, insightful, and amazing things that he has to say ("Mom, I don't like my primary teacher because she has really stinky breath" for example). Sometimes I need to sit back and just remember how incredibly blessed I am to have these little people in my life to keep me laughing!