The kids are watching Mommy’s favorite show with me tonight, “So You Think You Can Dance.” Before I know it, Katie has gone into my closet & retrieved my old tap shoes. I remembered I had a flat pair too. I let William use those. Here they are tapping away in our bathroom. Hehehe
This kid never ceases to amaze us. (Now I feel guilty for saying that. They both amaze us, but this particular story is about William.) This past weekend as we were hanging out as a family, Katie gets dangerously close to touching something hot which prompts the following:
Chris: Katie. Don’t touch that. It’s very hot. It’s as hot as the surface of the sun.
William: It’s 6,000 degrees Celsius?
At this point Chris and I look at each other in amazement. What??? Did he really just say that?
Me: William? Where did you learn that?
William: I just know it.
Then he proceeds…
William: I also know my very excellent muver just sent us nine pizzas.
Yes… muver. It’s William-speak for mother. But why is he saying I sent them nine pizzas?
Me: Huh?
William: Mercury, Venus, Erf, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
Chris and I, again, stare at each other in amazement. Did he skip a few grades while we weren’t looking? And, yes, I wrote Erf. That’s William-speak for Earth. (And, yes, I laughed inside when he said Uranus. Cuz that’s what *I* learned in grade school… to laugh when I hear Uranus.)
And just because we always want to make sure the kids know that we know more than them… Chris asked William about the Sun.
Chris: What about the Sun?
The only thing missing from William’s words were “duh”. His expression had it written all over it though.
William: That’s a STAR.
OK. Many of our friends told us not to expect much from public school. But right about now I’m thinking it’s working out pretty well. I know I didn’t learn that stuff in Kindergarten!!!