He has always loved digging. Even when he was a toddler, he broke so many plastic shovels that we eventually got him a real, full-sized shovel. He would dig for hours. And still does.For most kids, digging in the dirt is just for fun. For Blake, it's fun...but it also serves a bigger purpose. It's a time when he can clear his mind, create and execute an idea, and focus ALL his energy and effort on that one thing. I used to cringe at the various stages of excavation of our yard...from his building a "pool" to trying to dig to the center of the Earth, and it took me a long time to realize (and accept) that he needs this outlet. And he loves it. So it makes perfect sense to me that Blake's passion for digging lately has been extended to a rock collection that he has carefully and proudly selected. To most people, they are just rocks and stones, but to Blake, each rock has a unique shape, color, composition and history of its existence (and you should hear some of the stories he comes up with). We have everything from "diamonds" to "moon" and "lava" rocks in our yard...who knew? In fact, Blake recently announced that he wants to be a geologist someday (thanks, in part, to the Discovery Channel's "Inside Planet Earth" which Blake watches religiously in its two hour entirety).
I'm not sure if Blake's fascination with rocks is because of what he sees on the outside or if it's because he's so curious about what is on the inside...or both (and something tells me we're going to be pulling out the wet saw soon to find out). But I have to admit that once you slow down and closely examine rocks they can be quite interesting...and if you REALLY think about it, they have a profound way of putting pretty much anything in life into perspective. Big and small.
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