When he grows up

When I was young I remember being part of a presentation where we performed a song that said something along the lines of: "When I grow up, when I grow up, I wonder what I'll be".  We proceeded to suggest different careers throughout the song. Watching my kids grow and express their interests in different things reminded me of this little song because I do wonder what they'll grow up to be.

This past Christmas Nas asked for one main thing: a tablet. Knowing just how much such a gift costs, I had to think twice about why my son, age eight, needed something plenty of adults would like to have but maybe can't afford.  But the reality was, this is a kid who loves technology so this gift wouldn't be something that ended up on the bottom of the toy box - God help him if it did! So on Christmas Day our son opened a nice tablet that he would go on to add all kinds of things to including, of course, games, a book, and the Parent-Required math practice apps.

Seeing Nas navigating his tablet's contents with the ease of a technologically aware teen makes me very proud. He talks in tech-speak which typically makes me ask, "What do you know about that?" And all too often baffles me because I have no clue what he is talking about! Jay calls him a tech-geek, especially when she doesn't know what the kid is referring to, and he even surprises Babe with the concepts he understands. Why Babe is surprised I'm not so sure, because he learned it - primarily - from his Dad!

Nas has to put in extra effort when it comes to learning new math concepts, he's a strong reader and writer, and honestly the kid doesn't really dig school all that much. But I look forward to the day when he can take full-on technology classes that allow him to really blossom and immerse himself in a subject he truly loves. When he grows up, when he grows up, I wonder just what my little Nas is going to be!