We walked down to the boys child care place today and picked up the boys. We talked with Corwin as we walked back, who was for once in a bit of a talkative mood. Mom had been planning to go away for a few days, but the meeting got moved. We discussed this with Corwin.
Dad: Corwin, Mommy won’t be going away next week.
Mom: Yes, Corwin, you’ll be stuck with having me around.
Corwin: [plaintively] Whyyyyyy?
Mom: Corwin, do you want Mommy to go away?
Corwin: HEY! A gingko leaf!
Later as we drive home Corwin look out and sees the Moon. “It’s a semi-circle Moon!”. I tell him “that’s called a half-Moon, because it’s half a circle. ‘Semi’ means ‘half’ so ‘half-Moon’ and ‘semi-Moon’ are kind of the same thing”. Corwin then proceeds to talk about the “semi-Moon” all the way home. He asks why it’s half and I tell him that I will explain it when we get home (so I can use props). Corwin then proceeds to explain to me where the Moon came from, based on the latest planetary formation theory - “Meteors come at the Earth blam! blam! blam! and knock it around and then stuff comes off and turns into the Moon”. I mention that it was supposed to be a really big meteor, as big as a planet. Corwin responds “Oh! Well, I’m glad we weren’t here then. It was a long time ago so we don’t have to worry now. Just one meteor killed the dinosaurs - just one! It came down boom! and no more dinosaurs.”