blue moon

Finn was instructed to write and illustrate a sentence about chameleons yesterday in school:

When I asked why the moon was blue, Finn responded, "Normally the moon is white but the color white does not show up well on white paper so I used blue instead...and sometimes the moon really is blue...it has a pattern of white, then blue, then white...

Not being an astronomer myself, I was satisfied with his highly scientific explanation. And there is that saying, "once in blue moon".

And notice the rest of the teeny tiny solar system included at the top of his picture? I am sure Finn's teacher just thought it was chicken scratch. Little does he know that space invaders have taken up residence in our home, quite literally.

My boys decorated their room with the planets. Seriously, these are the things I wake up to, on a daily basis. There is always some sort of wall decor that they have hand-crafted.

Compete with the asteroid belt(brown rocks) trailing off on the bottom right--that's my favorite part.

I told John, "it is not normal how obsessed the boys are with space."

"Oh yes, it is completely normal for boys to be into dinosaurs and space", he informed me.

I'm not completely sure I agree, but what do I know? I grew up with all girls.

But one thing is for certain. I know that it's not normal for wee little Calvin to walk around muttering about W Cephei and MY Cephei. He's definitely under the influence of Finn.