congratulations stick

Did you know the stick was recently inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame? I think the only other "non-toy" item inducted has been the cardboard box. I often find sticks in the back of the car, in Tristan's pockets, in the washing machine, even in his bed. When we play outside his first order of business is to find a good solid stick to serve as weapon, race car, horse, bug catcher or any other one of a million things his creative mind comes up with. What took the Hall of Fame so long to notice the merits of this little piece of nature? Tristan could have told them long ago that it beats a yo-yo or a slinky any day!