my 8 yr old has a lengthy list

of the things he wants to be when he grows up.

included are: author, famous scientist, doctor, inventor, and detective.

imo, he could honestly be any one of them.

his head just works along those lines.

this week at the dentist

he needed novacaine for the very first time.

i put on a brave face,

i asked the neighbors to pray and then

i tried to talk a positive spin onto it.

i said things like, ‘the pinch of the needle doesn’t last long…’,

but i was concerned that the whole numbness thing would freak him out.

because it always freaks me a bit.

i really should have known better.

he was, quite honestly,

thrilled.

he came home after telling us all how great it was,

‘poke my face here. it’ll be so cool.  i won’t feel it’,

‘when can i get novacaine again?’,

‘watch this.  i’m drinking cold water, but it feels warm in the numb side of my mouth’,

‘please get a picture of me smiling, because only half my face is doing what i tell it to’.

leave it to my boy to be the only kid i’ve ever known

(and i’ve known quite a few)

who wants a shot in his mouth at the dentist.

his fascination knows no bounds.

truly.

‘bounds’ taken from 7:4 of second corinthians.