Tough questions

Lex has started asking some pretty funny, sometimes tough, questions lately. Questions like, “What would happen if our faces were flat?” or “What would happen if there was a very big giraffe in our house” or “What would happen if this roll of toilet paper was sooooooo big it couldn’t even fit in the house.” Sometimes we get into good discussions and other times (when I’m tired) I end up just saying, “I don’t know Lex, what?” and then he moves on to different topic. The other day he asked “What would happen if Eve died?” Whoah!! Not what I was expecting but it did initiate our first (ever, I think) discussion about death. Yuck! Tonight’s question was “What would happen if our world was sideways?” It’s funny because you can answer these questions so many different ways, depending on how you choose to look at it. I chose to give him a demonstration on how the Earth (a plastic pumpkin on the table) rotates around the sun (a candle). He was impressed. Then I showed him that the Earth IS sideways (well, a little crooked anyway) and he was amazed! :)

A playdate!

After preschool today we went on Lex’s first official requested playdate. What I mean is that we have playdates all the time with MY friends and their kids, but this week Lex specifically asked if he could have one of the boys in his class over to play. I called his mom and we worked out a visit at their house today after school. It was really nice. Lex was confused at first because he wanted to go home and have a nap first (our normal routine) but he quickly warmed to the idea of playing first :) They played on the swings, rolled down a giant hill, ran around, fed the horses, pulled Eve in a wagon, threw sticks into a pond for the dog and everyone had a good time. I’m so happy to see him playing with other kids and even requesting it! Yay for school!