Clownfish and I were reading one of his planet books. He is pretty excited about planets and we're thinking of getting him an inexpensive telescope for his birthday if he's still excited by the end of August. He's got a cardboard planet mobile hanging from his bedroom ceiling and glow-in-the-dark stars stuck to his bed. He likes spewing the random planet facts he knows ("Jupiter has a lot of moons but we only have one moon." "The sun is bigger than all the planets and is hot." "Meteors are rocks that fly through space and crash into planets.")
This morning:
CF: Looks at Saturn and says, "Saturn has rings. Hey Mommy, are there any rings on Earth?"
Me: "You know there are no rings around the Earth."
CF: Points to my wedding band: "No Mommy, there are LOTS of rings on Earth... like that one!"
I love this kid.
Q is just finishing reading "Every Soul A Star" which talks all about meteorites and eclipses and planets and telescopes and makes it all sound really, really cool. It's a little too old and definitely too girly a book for Clownfish I suspect, although you might like it...'cause you have time to kill with nothing better to do than read tween fiction...
ReplyDeleteYou can only say 'aww' after reading this
ReplyDeletethat is too sweet! I loved planets when I was a kid- even if he has moved on to another interest- yo ushould think abotu getting him a telescope. there is NOTHING like seeing the moon close up for the first time!
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