We think he's very advanced.
Me: Shhh! What does Ms. Parham say when it is time to take a nap at school?
Lex: You’re talking too! What do your co-workers say when it is time to take a nap at your work?
”At bedtime Lex is a baby dragon. He curls up in brown blanket, and calls “Caw! Caw!” for mommy dragon to come.
I say “Oh my, what’s in this egg? Is it a chicken egg? Is it a turtle egg? Is it a platypus egg?”
“Caw! Caw!” says the egg.
“It’s not a chicken… Or a turtle… Or a platypus… It’s a BABY DRAGON! And it it hatching right NOW!”
Baby dragon hatches. “Caw! Caw! Noo Noos!”
Sweet baby dragon loves his momma. He curls up to my left side, and we snuggle together under brown blanket. After awhile he relaxes, all limp and twitchy. And then, tenses with effort, stretches, rolls away from me. Moving off to the land of his big-boy dreams.
I have known for awhile that there was a toddler/Primary science fair coming up, but thought they were making projects as a class. That may be, but Monday I learned we also should be making a science exhibit at home. The fair is this Friday.
In the car on the way home, I asked Lex what kind of science he was interested in. “Building robots!” Of course. “Bat bots! And the cape is a robot and it goes up. And…” He has something specific in mind. And it would have blasters, fight bad guys, and fly with a jet pack. And a robot cape.
We cannot make a Bat bot by this Friday. Instead I ordered a $5 “Nervous Grasshopper” solar powered robot kit. It is supposed to be relatively easy to assemble the “robotics” meaning no soldering. And when you shine a flashlight on it, it jitters around.
So today we will talk about Solar power. Tomorrow we will build a display box and find his flashlight. Thursday, build the bug. Friday, Science Fair.
Boba Fett at bedtime
Ironman at CMoR Halloween Hoopla
Spidey at the neighborhood party
Dash at Home
Trick-or-treat… FOR JUSTICE!
We went a little overboard on dress-up costumes from Target. Lex wanted to be a hybrid Super-Spider-Bat-Boba Fett hero/villain.
The Captain was a surprise last-minute contender, based solely (I believe) on the fact that he had already WORN all the other new constumes at least once. It was the only one still on the original hanger after school on Monday, and so was the favorite. He was Spiderman at another party, and Darth Vader and Boba Fett at home over the weekend.
He is intensely interested in all things super. Or evil. Loves the Captain Underpants book series. The one about the wicked Wedgie Woman we read in full every few days. He is deeply fascinated by the distinction between naughty, bad, wicked and evil. The dark side of The Force. Justice.
The Great Pumpkin
Botanical Gardens
Biodome
Metro
Biosphere
