Elliot wanted a very specific wizard’s cloak for his birthday, even though I explained it was sized for adults. He asked for it for weeks.
He opened the present. I helped him put it on. He insisted he could create magic with it, but in the dark. We went into the bathroom and turned out the lights. He said there were magic words we needed to say (a spell). We tried a few things. nothing happened.
Then he thought we should try with some light, like a light stick. He calls them glow sticks.
We got a blue one and went back into the darkness to repeat the attempt.
After a while, we emerged and he removed the robe. We’d try again later.
He did not seem crushed or upset or phased at all.
It was so precious to experience this together; to experience my child’s innocence first-hand.
