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.