Jack crawled into our bed around 5AM today. Around 615, he wakes up, puts his face right up in front of mine and asks: “Daddy? Do peacocks have predators?” “Yes Jack, why do you ask?” “Because you’re a scientist, I thought you might know the answer.” Wiki taught me a lot about peacocks at 615AM… I still don’t know the answer to “why peacock predators when you just woke up?”

Jack crawled into our bed around 5AM today. Around 615, he wakes up, puts his face right up in front of mine and asks: “Daddy? Do peacocks have predators?” “Yes Jack, why do you ask?” “Because you’re a scientist, I thought you might know the answer.” Wiki taught me a lot about peacocks at 615AM… I still don’t know the answer to “why peacock predators when you just woke up?”

And the night gets more entertaining… I thought I was going to set off the smoke detector with the oil smoking in a pan. Crisis averted by adding food to the pan… Me: Jack, it’s ok. Crisis averted. Jack: How’d you do that? Me: I added some chicken to the pan. The food takes some of the heat out of the oil. Jack: Oh. How do you know that? Are you a scientist? Me: Actually Jack, yes. I am. Jack: Oh. Why didn’t you ever tell me that? But… but… but… I did?

And the night gets more entertaining… I thought I was going to set off the smoke detector with the oil smoking in a pan. Crisis averted by adding food to the pan… Me: Jack, it’s ok. Crisis averted. Jack: How’d you do that? Me: I added some chicken to the pan. The food takes some of the heat out of the oil. Jack: Oh. How do you know that? Are you a scientist? Me: Actually Jack, yes. I am. Jack: Oh. Why didn’t you ever tell me that? But… but… but… I did?

'apples start as flowers. Then the flowers due and apples move in.'

'apples start as flowers. Then the flowers due and apples move in.'

A few days ago jack was making up a song. His first two lines I think are my new definition of what “a good day” is: “When you wake up in the morning…. and the sky is still there….”