There will be blood

OK, not really, but I think I got a little glimpse of Samson the budding robber baron yesterday. We were at the library, and for once he was the oldest kid and sole boy at the train table.

He was barely sharing with a girl who was probably 18 months old, offering her one of the eight trains he had linked together (the tender, no less). I made him give her a few trains to accompany the tender, and the two continued playing around one another.

A few minutes later a second girl arrived. When girl #2 asked if she could play, Samson saw that girl #1 wasn't paying attention and promptly handed girl #2 #1's trains.

What's worse, when #2's grandmother complimented him for sharing, he looked up and gave a big smile and said "thank you."