Little Boy, Big Dreams

I think it's safe to say that despite Max's stature, kid's got big dreams. He's constantly imagining himself into scenarios that are larger than life -- superhero saving the world, Jedi fighting an evil Darth Vader, Italian guy driving a red convertible Ferrari. Wait... what? Let's rewind.

Living in La Jolla has its perks. We live about a mile from a seriously amazing beach, it's sunny ALL.THE.TIME, there are lots of kids in the neighborhood to play with, we can go to the park in February and wear t-shirts and shorts. Another perk -- we get to see Ferrari's and Lamborghini's A LOT. All colors. So Max has got it in his head that when our current car has driven it's last mile, we will purchase a red Ferrari, convertible, black inside.

Well, Tyler, being the awesome dad that he is, helped our little Man realize one of his dreams, sort of. A primary activity at church was coming up and we had to make wearable cardboard box cars for the kids to play in, race in and watch a movie in. Tyler built a Ferrari. Max was once seriously happy kid.







Tyler cut all the cardboard and glued it together while I made the detailing -- license plate (that says Italian Stallion), grille, windshield, tires, logo, etc. Most of the graphics are actual Ferrari parts, too. And Max specifically requested racing stripes. He fully intended on winning the races at the activity. We spray painted it the brightest shiniest red we could find, put on some straps and he was ready to go! Tyler spent hours on this car.





Well, seeing as how Max had a pretty sweet car we knew Lia would be pretty upset that she didn't have one of her own. So Tyler spent another night making Lia her own pink Jeep. She of course loved it. And surprisingly weeks later the cars are still intact!









The kids were super excited to go the Primary Party! Even Lia got to go and she thought it was pretty cool that she got to hang out with the big kids.







At the activity Max was pretty nervous that he might not have room to run full speed around the small track to win. Tyler tried to gently explain that there were a lot of kids and he might not win, not because he wasn't really fast, but because it might get crowded. Poor kid was on the verge of tears at the mere mention of maybe not winning. The race started, Max, as predicted, got stuck behind some kids with larger cars and ones that weren't very fast. But right towards the end, in true race car fashion, Max found a hole and squeezed himself through to win the race. Most everyone could have cared less (there was a lot of general chaos) but Max was beyond proud of himself (and we were, too!)





Thanks to one awesome dad and his mad skills, Max's little dream of having his very own Ferrari came true! Love this cute kid!