Sinclair announced last night as we were tucking in, "Mommy, me no have to go to sleep until YOU name all the planets." I waited a second to soak in the two year old language. Then she proceeded to inform me. "you need to name the biggest planet last"
I was stunned. She said "Biggest one is Gi-normus Jupiter" (like she was "throwing me a freebie")
Who in the hell would ever guess I needed a "phone a friend" to get my toddler to go to bed!?
I laughed and told her I would "spank the Pluto outta" her if she didn't get in bed (through the giggles) she was quick to tell me "Pluto not still called a planet, Mommy"
Then she proceeds to tell me "Mercury has no assmussphere, only a rocky ball" (atmosphere was the word I made her repeat three times)
Hell, I thought Mercury was a car!
As I stood there stunned and unable to think of what to say, I asked "can you name the seven deadly sins?" She shook her head quietly side to side and say "no, Mommy"
I said "OK, we are even"
I made her quiz her Daddy and they proceeded to have discussions over Pluto. A week ago I would have said "John you cannot talk to a two year old about that" Today, instead, I just listened and smiled and internally wishing we had more hours in the day.
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What a smart kid! She deserves to know the other side of the Pluto debate as well. Many astronomers have rejected the demotion of Pluto, which was done in a controversial process by four percent of the International Astronomical Union, most of whom are not planetary scientists. The petition of astronomers who opposed it, led by Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, can be found here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/planetprotest/
Many astronomers prefer to define a planet as any non-self-luminous spherical object orbiting a star. By that definition, Pluto is still a planet. I hope you share this view and the fact that this is still an ongoing debate with your daughter. You can find more information on my Pluto blog at http://laurele.livejournal.com
LOL LOVE it!
I love your blog and only wish u would post ten times a day!
Pls post more photos of your beautiful family
your daughter is obviously a product of wonderful parents
She is gorgeous
your daughter is obviously a product of wonderful parents
She is gorgeous
This is my favorite post to date. I love your family.
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