"Is that a...."

Maddox has been learning and growing so much lately. He's as curious as ever. Has begun to follow almost everything I ask him to do with, "why?" His new favorite book is actually a book that he got from his uncle Trevin over a year ago. It started out as his favorite book, drifted away into total obscurity, and then made a strong push back into his life about 3 weeks ago. It's a book called "Americana Adventure," and he loves it. He loves the pictures, he loves the rhythm of the sentences, and most of all he loves that it has several pictures of "Hanbraham Lincoln." My favorite part of this book though is a page where they're on a Mississippi River Boat, and their is a picture of a guy playing the "gee-tar," as he calls it, and another of a guy playing my new favorite instrument. It'll be my favorite instrument forever because I'll never be able to see one, or hear one, without thinking of the following story. About a week ago when he saw the guy holding this instrument he asked me, "dad, is that a come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee?" I couldn't stop laughing. "Yes son, yes it is," was my response. Everytime since, when he's seen the banjo picture he's asked the same question. The other night my mom was over and heard him ask that and after she stopped laughing she told me I had to write it down to always remember it. Too bad I don't have time to write down everything he says.