Last night.
Me: Henry -- what's K?
Henry: Potassium.
Me: What's Fe?
Henry: Iron.
Me: What's Pb?
Henry: Lead.
Me: What's Au?
Henry: Gold.
Me: What's Ag?
Henry: Silver.
Me: Hg?
Henry: Mercury.
Me: What's Na?
Henry: Um.... Uh....
Me: Give up?
Henry: Give me a hint.
Me: NaCl is salt.
Henry: Sodium!
Me: Right!
A long pause. He smiles.
Me: You're not a normal kid, you know that?
4 comments:
Agreed. Thankfully.
For the record, Alice and Jane aren't normal either. Thankfully.
(and I almost deleted this post because it comes off like parent bragging. I should have just told the story of how he says goodnight to his periodic table poster, and gives it a kiss...)
doesn't everyone?....hmm, maybe not. It's good to start in small manageable bites, like the "universe", I always say. We'll all be proud to say we knew him When....Good luck keeping up with those kids!
I guess he's not. I should get to know him now, so when he's building ecosystems on Mars I can be great through association.
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