Last night when I was putting Jonah to bed he said something about how awesome it would be if we had a bunch of money and we could buy a mansion. I told him that I actually would not want to live in a mansion because it would be more than we needed. I said that I'd rather give all the extra money away to someone else who needed it. That got him thinking and suddenly he became an amazing visionary with a plan for the future. It went something like this....
I'm going to be in a rock band, called Peace. The lyrics will all be appropriate and positive. With all of the money that I earn from Peace, I am going to start a home for homeless people called Peace House. It will be right next door to our house so when people want to come and stay at Peace House, they'll come over to our house to get the keys. Peace House will have some really big rooms upstairs that have lots and lots of beds in there. There will also be a kitchen (with lots of food), a dining room, and a room for a TV. If any kids come to Peace House they will stay in a room just for kids so that they can make friends. That room will have lots of toys in it. We should put all of our toy cars in that room because we don't play with those anymore. When people come to Peace House, we will give them $100 per week for the first three weeks to help them out while they look for a job. Then, after that, they'll have to pay $1.00 per week to stay there. Hopefully they will have a job when they leave and won't need to stay at Peace House anymore.
What do you think of Jonah's plan? Sounds like a kingdom playground to me!
Unrelated to that, this afternoon, Nicolas and Riley told me what they are going to do when they grow up. I loved that their future included one another. Those boys have a pretty spectacular bond. I hope it never goes away.
First, we are going to go to Hawaii to hang out on the beach (and in the hotel).
Then, we are going to go to Colorado to practice snowboarding for the Olympics.
Next, we are going to go to Nevada so we can visit Jalon (a kid who was in their class last year and moved).
Then, we are going to go to St. Louis to play on the St. Louis Cardinals for one year.
Then, we'll go to Chicago and practice snowboarding some more.
Then, we'll compete at the Olympics in snowboarding. If we don't win a medal, we'll practice some more and try again at the next Olympics.
If we do win a medal, we'll move to where Notch lives (the guy who started Minecraft) and we will be video game nerds for a long time.
When we are old, we'll watch football and baseball and movies until we die.
3 comments:
Amazing visionaries, just like their mama. I love Jonah's plan for empowerment at Peace House, he's ahead of his time I tell ya! Tell him I will come be the baker at Peace House :) And Riley and Nicholas definitely have the good life figured out. Glad there are not girls included in that plan yet, haha. Your kids are incredible because they have the best role models out there (you and Steve!) love you guys.
I know! I loved that Jonah had an element of Empowerment in his plan. (: And yes, you def need to be baker at Peace House!! But actually, by then, it will probably be your little peanut being the baker while us old folks sit back and watch.
Your boys have "natural" hopes and desires for themselves and the rest of humanity. Wonder where that comes from? :-)
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