Saturday, October 3, 2009

The Planets are in Alignment

So I am laying in bed with my planet obsessed 5 year old when out of the blue he says to me, "Momma, this place is creepy."  In my head, I am running through a mental list of what place he could be talking about.  Not coming up with any good ideas, I ask, "Is momma's room creepy?"  He answers no.  "Is the house creepy?"  "No mom, Earth is creepy.  I don't like this planet."  So I bite and ask what planet he would like to live on.  His reply: "You guess momma"  So I started listing planets.  All of them were a Big Fat NO, until we got to Saturn.  "Yeah I like that one, it has circles around it!"  He was so excited, and then went silent.  I could tell he was thinking about it, so I asked him.  He replied, "but mom, Jasper (his new friend in Kindergarten) likes Earth, not Saturn with the circles.  I said that was ok to like different planets.  Not good enough for my little rainman.  More deep thinging on his part.  I can literally see his brain trying to figure out the whole concept.  He finally looks toward me and states that "I think I will just stay here on earth, so I can see Jasper.  He doesn't want to live on Saturn."  I smile and tell him that is good, cause I would miss him if he went to Saturn. 

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