The Space Nut

It all started with "Goodnight Moon". From the time he was a little guy, we read this book to him and he always wanted to hear it over and over again. We used to think that it was just a phase. Sooner or later (we thought), he would lose interest in the moon. But it actually turned into something much bigger (and better!) than we could have ever imagined. He is so absolutley, genuinely interested in the moon, the planets, the solar system, the Milky Way, whatever it is. We took him to the Planetarium today. As he was looking at the posters reciting the planets (in order, of course!) and referring to the poster of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune as the poster of the "Gas Giants", the lady in the store dropped her jaw and asked how old he was. Yes, he'll be only 3 in a little over a month, but knows more about space than most adults. You can look around the house and know that a "space nut" lives here. The first pictures are my favorite...during February 2008's lunar eclipse.