My parents came to town this weekend to visit for a few days.  Along with them, they brought a few things that were mine when I was a kid….including all of my old baseball cards.  I began to look through them all and remember my favorite players from the 80s.  Jackson became very interested in the idea that I still have something that I had started collecting when I was in 1st grade – which is the grade he’s currently in.

After realizing that he could begin his own collection, he insisted that we buy his very first pack of baseball cards – so we did.  The boys each bought 2 packs of Topps cards with their own money that they had left over from Christmas.  Jackson held them for several hours after looking at each of them.  I’m looking forward to teaching them about the different teams, how to organize them, and how to develop a good collection!