Lex went back to school today after being out sick for most of last week. He probably could have gone back Friday, but I decided to keep him home and let him fully recover before going back. He’s mostly recovered now, still has a runny nose, though that will probably last all winter :(
Over the weekend he made a K’Nex car (he makes LOTS of them!) and told me that the wheels of this particular car could kill any bad guys that got too close to it. I was a little surprised by this since he’s never made a killing machine before. I asked him if he knew what “kill” meant and he said no. He also said he got the idea for the car from a book we borrowed from the library (bad mommy for not better vetting the library books!) The book talks about robbers who steal from carriages. They carry a pepper sprayer to stop the horses, an ax to break the carriage wheels, and a blunderbuss to frighten the passengers. The book doesn’t talk about killing, but apparently he deduced that. As much as I hate that he’s thinking about such things I know it’s bound to happen sometime and I tried to take the opportunity to talk about killing and death. Yuck. Then he changed the car to have wheels that “capture bad guys and bring them to the police.” :) He’s still such a baby! Or not.
Tonight he made a K’Nex gun! Eeek!! It was a “fire sprayer gun” and he started shooting it at Eve. Needless to say I put a halt to that!! We had another conversation about death and killing and I told him that he can make guns, but he may not point them at people. Ever. Ever. He argued that it’s just a K’Nex toy really and I held my ground. I told him that he can make guns and not point them at people, or he can choose to not make guns. He threw his toy at me. We had a rough night. Sigh. I think back to school took it out of him! Fortunately bedtime was smooth and quick. Maybe he’ll wake up a little boy again and not be interested in guns for another million years! Or not.
