Will What Get Bigger?

What size is your soccer ball?

I was putting away some stuff in the garage and my 5 year-old son was helping me. Out of the blue he asked me the following question:  “Dad, will my balls get bigger as I get older?” Now how do you answer that question? I looked at him and responded “What? What are you talking about?” he just looked at me and said “I said my balls, will they get bigger as I get older?” I was still a little stumped. I finally asked him “What balls are you talking about?” He looked at me and said “Soccer balls Dad! Duh! You said I will play with a size 4 ball this year and go to a size 5 in a few years. The balls get bigger as I grow older.” Ahhhhhhh, I see. I looked at him and explained that as he gets older the soccer ball does increase in size a bit and shook my head and laughed. My son has the knack to constantly catch me off-guard with his inquisitiveness and this round of the perpetual interrogation was no different.  Needless to say, I was glad to finally get his question and the garage cleaned up.