We took a trip to Anaheim this past October for a wedding (Hi, Lindz!), and did the two and two split for the plane rides - one adult with one kid in one row, and the other adult and other kid directly behind. The kids usually ended up in the middle seat once they got tired of looking out the window. Neil spent most of each flight talking to the person sitting with him. Not Scott. The other person. He offered them gum, asked them where they were from, and told them ALL about us, our trip, and where we live. Guess we need to work a little more on that Stranger Danger thing, eh? ;)
We landed back in Pittsburgh, and my dad picked us up at the airport. He asked the kids if they had fun on the planes, and I casually mentioned that Neil made friends with the people he sat beside. He looked at me, and matter-of-factly stated, "Mommy, her name was Karen, and she was very nice." We all cracked up, and I apologized for not remembering her name.
That's Neil. The first person to talk to someone, and make a new friend. He tells me that he'll be a baseball player when he grows up, but now that I think about it, maybe he'll be a biographer one day.
He's very interested in the "why" and "how" of things. Why do we get summer off from school? Why are there negative (he called them megative at first) numbers? How can I explain the skips? How does the catapult work? And he doesn't want a simple answer. He wants an answer that will make him think, and ask another question.
He says that his nickname is Armstrong. Once he found out that Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon, he got his space books out and jumped right into them. He even took his binoculars outside to look at the moon. He wants to go there one day, but with the stipulation that I go with him. Maybe by the time he gets there we'll be able to FaceTime between Earth and the Moon...
Current likes: Batman, the Beatles, baseball, dancing to "My House" by Flo Rida, reading, riding bikes, playing with legos, coloring, Saturday trips to the barber shop with Scott, and writing stories.
Current dislikes: most vegetables, any movie that I suggest we watch, cleaning up, and mac and cheese.
RMH 5/29/18
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