Patch’s planning

“Mom, can you get me some of my dark blue paper?” Patch asked
“What dark blue paper?” I answered
“The blue paper in my room.” He meant the stack of multicolored construction paper on a high shelf in his closet. We went to his room and I got down several sheets of blue paper. Then I went on my way, not really paying attention to whatever project that Patch had in mind. Patch went straight to Howard and I overheard his query.
“Dad, can I use your silver pen?”
Howard has some silver sharpie markers that he sometimes uses for signing books. Sharpie markers are not usually turned over to the kids because they’re much more permanent than the washable Crayola markers. Howard and I spent a moment mystified as to why Patch would seek out these particular items. We were soon enlightened when Patch began drawing diagrams of experiments he had seen on Mythbusters. He spent a happy hour drawing pictures and pretending to be a Mythbuster. He quickly moved from the show experiments into imagined experiments of his own. They were evocative little drawings of stick figures meeting all sorts of doom. I particularly liked the one with lightning strikes. I love that he can create his own plans and make them happen even if it is just remembering things we have in our house and knowing how to turn them into a Mythbusters game.