If Wishes Were Horses

Although I think both boys do actually enjoy school, they never seem to want to go. Neither resists it, but Sunday evenings usually contain at least one plaintive,"I wish it were Friday evening." Spencer needs variety though. He does not want to make the same boring old wish each week. Recently he has tried out, "I wish it were Friday evening every day." That did not satisfy Spencer though (and I do not think it was because of the paradoxical "evening every day" issue), so he set off in an entirely new direction, "I wish we won the lottery." Spencer seemed to think that great wealth would mean no school. I told him that winning the lottery would not in fact excuse him from attending school. He let that soak in for the next couple hours. Until bedtime. As I was tucking him in, he said "I wish we won the lottery and Michael and I were done with college, and we still lived here together with you and Jon. Then we could all hang out together and just relax." I would like that too. The days do get busy and hectic sometimes. I love the time on the weekends when we all get together on the couch with popcorn and watch a movie and just relax. I am glad that Michael and Spencer enjoy these times together right now too.