Lex went back to school today after being out sick for most of last week.\u00a0 He probably could have gone back Friday, but I decided to keep him home and let him fully recover before going back.\u00a0 He’s mostly recovered now, still has a runny nose, though that will probably last all winter :(<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 I was a little surprised by this since he’s never made a killing machine before.\u00a0 I asked him if he knew what “kill” meant and he said no.\u00a0 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!)\u00a0 The book talks about robbers who steal from carriages.\u00a0 They carry a pepper sprayer to stop the horses, an ax to break the carriage wheels, and a blunderbuss to frighten the passengers.\u00a0 The book doesn’t talk about killing, but apparently he deduced that.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Yuck.\u00a0 Then he changed the car to have wheels that “capture bad guys and bring them to the police.”\u00a0 :)\u00a0 He’s still such a baby!\u00a0 Or not.<\/p>\n
Tonight he made a K’Nex gun!\u00a0 Eeek!!\u00a0 It was a “fire sprayer gun” and he started shooting it at Eve.\u00a0 Needless to say I put a halt to that!!\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Ever.\u00a0 Ever.\u00a0 He argued that it’s just a K’Nex toy really and I held my ground.\u00a0 I told him that he can make guns and not point them at people, or he can choose to not make guns.\u00a0 He threw his toy at me.\u00a0 We had a rough night.\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0 I think back to school took it out of him!\u00a0 Fortunately bedtime was smooth and quick.\u00a0 Maybe he’ll wake up a little boy again and not be interested in guns for another million years!\u00a0 Or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lex went back to school today after being out sick for most of last week.\u00a0 He probably could have gone back Friday, but I decided to keep him home and let him fully recover before going back.\u00a0 He’s mostly recovered … Continue reading