Pink Tutus

There was a time when Natty was into dance.  She had the goods - you know ballet shoes, the tutus.  She was a duck in a performance and something else that I cannot for the life of me remember right now.  Wow, great job dad.  Way to remember the details of the ballet performance. I do know that one of those costumes included a blue tutu and that completely throws me off title here.  Regardless, she went through the tutu stage.  Does every girl do that?  I am guessing that many do but only having one daughter I really can't say for sure. 

So Jack brings home his take home library book from the school and it is this book all about Pink Tutus. I am really not sure what it is they are trying to accomplish at this school of his.  Before you jump to conclusions know that Jack has no control over the books that come home.  It is all about reading level and practicing at home.  So anyway, we dive into this book - we meaning Jack, Andy and myself. Yes the three manly men hanging out on the couch reading a book about a little girl and her pink tutu.  So we get to this part in the book when the little girl is talking about being a professional dancer and being able to wear a pink tutu when she gets older.  Jack says rather proudly - when I grow up I am going to be... at this point I am just waiting for him to say something about a dancing tutu wearing who knows what but he did not.  So , when I grow up I am going to be a professional train engineer.  I asked if he would be wearing a pink tutu.  No.  Ahhhh, a sigh of relief.  If he was the conductor on the train then perhaps a pink tutu would be fitting but an engineer has no business on one of those things.  I mean, that would just be silly. 

Seriously, Jack wanting to be a professional train engineer is not at all surprising.  The boy has always loved trains and he can give you some serious details on a wide variety of trains in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.  He knows his stuff and don't think for a minute that you can pull one over on him.  He will set you straight in a hurry.  He is also getting very proficient at track building.  I just noticed a track he has been working on in the basement.  It's a double decker and pretty tricked out.  I use to have to help him build all the tracks and it is neat to see him handling it on his own and designing them more advanced - in a pink tutu of course.

Oh, with Andy I kept everything balanced with a follow up reading of The Gas We Pass, the Story of Farts.  Look, I am a responsible father and will not leave my sons with thoughts of pink tutus in their heads.  No, we talk trains and little gas.  Fantastic.