Time Capsule Unearthed - Revisiting Toddler Ian in 2013

Alex(andra), a friend of ours from church undertook an interesting project almost eight years ago, and followed up on it last week.  She issued forms entitled "My Child's Time Capsule," in November of 2005, asking parents to fill out information about their children, with the intention of handing those time-pieces back to the parents after a good chunk of time had passed.  This past Sunday, she made good on that task, and handed back to me the form that Amy had filled out about two-year-old Ian.

So here's a parent's portrait of Ian, now ten years old, dating back to when he was two (and, interestingly, barely a week before Daniel was born):

My Child's Time Capsule

Child's name: Ian

Date: 11-10-2005

1)  List 5 adjectives that describe your child today:

Pensive, joyful, kind, loving, sympathetic

2)  Right now, my child's favorite activities include:

Playing with trains, cars, trucks, planes.

Watching Thomas [the] Train.

3)  The most recent milestone in my child's life was:

Counting to 10 + ABC's, beginning to memorize.  Also, a few words in Russian.

4)  My child's friends are:

Olivia, Justin + Natalie, Anysia, Kristen, Alec + Kyle, Rose, Julia

5)  The sweetest moments for me and my child are when he/she/we...

Giggle +; snuggle together.

When he gives kisses.

6)  My child is most likely to be a (list three professions):

Engineer

Linguist

Teacher

7)  I hope when my child is older he/she will:

Be joyous and loving as he is now.  Be pious and attend church frequently.  I hope he knows how loved he is.

8)  I hope when my child is older, he/she will NOT:

Be rebellious and difficult.

9) A BIG concern for me as I am raising my child is:

[A somewhat personal answer provided, pertaining to the challenges of schedule and imposing discipline.]

10)  Who will be the disciplinarian in the house:  me or my spouse?

Both and neither.

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Looking over this, I didn't notice the date, or a few other toddler-specific answers at first, and when I saw that the answers pertained to a two-year-old Ian, I was astonished, because so little has changed in eight years, aside, primarily, from Pokemon's current enthronement where Thomas the Tank Engine once reigned supreme.