the more interesting answer, to me, was number 5. "me," he said, seriously, but also a little like he was a surprised to discover that it was so.
"why?" i asked
"because I'm cool, and ..." here he paused to consider, and what followed were perhaps the most revealing, unexpected and thrilling words a dad might hope to hear. "...because I really love myself." matter of fact, unselfconscious. even sanguine.
just for fun, here's one of my favorite pics of Colin:
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hahah... that's great. tell Colin I will let him play CounterStrike all he wants if I can be on his list!
very glad to see a healthy self-esteem developing--although not too high a view of himself... after all, he put himself at #5 and not #1!
what a great picture! who took it? what camera was used? love that kind of black & white candid photography. -julie
thanks, Julie! i took that one evening this past summer, while Colin was playing in the little plastic pool in the backyard. used the Minolta DiMage Z1 (3.2 megapixel) camera Ronni has. it was taken in color, and then i just removed the color digitally. we got a bunch of amazing shots that evening during twilight...i'll have to show you more of them next time you're over, if you haven't seen them before.
You know, this whole living in New York thing really sucks in terms of making it onto your nephew's top 10 list...I hope to be able to partly make up for it this weekend...and Happy Birthday Ronni! Jess, tell her she's a "goddess." :)
hey jude...great to hear from you via cyberspace. and don't worry, you are still up there in Colin's book. i'll pass on the message to Ronni :)
Hey Jesse,
Am I on that list also????
Colin's so cool!!
-Grace-
ha, of course you are, Grace. i think you probably would be #0, if there is such a number :)
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