Gizzelle had to go to her, ear, nose and throat doctor, last week. Dr. Van Hake and I always seem to end up talking about everything that has been going on with in the last couple of months. Dr. told us that he had went on a missionary trip to the Dominican Republic. That he really enjoyed working with all the people and how modest they are. He said what seem to amaze him more was the children, and the ways they entertained themselves. Dr. informed me that there was two boys who wanted to play together and they found a old rim to a bike and put a stick in it, rolling it down the hill to see who could get it the farthest down the hill, another child tied plastic garbage bags together in order to make a soccer ball. I was amazed just to know that there are people out there who still use their imaginations. I can’t believe how materialistic our children have become. Davian for instance, on beautiful days wants to be inside playing the Wii or the Nintendo DS. I come in the house turn it off and the first thing he says MOOOOM I am done with my homework. Then I have to explain to him that it is beautiful outside and he needs fresh air, and some vitamin D. He them stomps his way outside. Then I start to think did I as a parent fail too let his imagination wonder. Was it a mistake buying the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii? When I was growing up I spent majority of my time in Peoria but during the summer and winter vacation we went to Mexico. I enjoyed my days there playing in water puddles, going around in the fields with a empty glass jar collecting any and every insect we found. Are parents to blame?