Saturday, January 20, 2007

an ordinary day



the day ~ december 9, 2006 ~ the place ~ red lobster

"Zaid, what are you thinking about?"
"Government"
"Oh, really Zaid, what are you thinking about government?"
"Mommy, what was the first government?"
"Ummmmm.....ummmm.....*thinks: Greeks, Romans, Egyptians*, then I ask the waiter if he knows?"
The waiter says "Wow! Let me think, probably the Greeks or maybe the Egyptians, they were incredibly smart also."

Then he tells us about how he was bored in kindergarten. He tells us how he skipped a grade in school and he asks Zaid how old he is. He says his sister is like that. He asks Zaid if he loves to learn. He says he does. He tells him how wonderful that is, and that he loves to learn new things also.

When we get to the car, I call Tamer and he asks his friend Garrick, then they come to the conclusion, that maybe the Babylonians or the Samartians.

Another friend says to just say what you think, that they are discovering new things everyday. That what may have been the first government today, may not be tomorrow.

His questions, are so intense and real and so grown up sometimes.


"Mommy, how high does a butterfly fly? Mommy can we make a robot? then ~ Mommy, when I grow up, I am going to be the King of Cheese, then when he finds out about the Green Bay Packers and their cheese hats, he decides that no, he will be the King of Watermelon.

How high does a butterfly fly?

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/HeightFallFlight.html

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