Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Our Forefathers
“Mommy! Did you know that Thomas Edison was in contact with aliens?“ Devon proclaimed excitedly over dinner. This, shortly after Sebastian had claimed that he believed in angels after watching a TV show over at Neighbor Kid’s house. (Remind me to keep them from going over there, I’m not sure I like all this “I believe in angels,“ crap.)
“Um, what makes you say that?“ I asked Devon, with no small amount of fear.
Sebastian piped up with, “It’s true! He flew a kite - “
“Er I thought it was Bejamin Franklin who flew a kite,“ I asked hesitently, trying to remember my history.
“Mommy, no! He flew a kite and put a message on it and let it go,“ Sebastian explained sagely. “You can send messages to the aliens without balloons, you know.“
Stunned, I managed a choked noise, but nothing more before Devon excitedly added, “Oh, and Abe Lincoln had mind powers! How do you think he won the election?“
Even more shocked and, well, dismayed, I tried asking after that but before I could, Devon said, “It’s why he wore the big hat.“
I was on the verge of asking how that applied when he proudly explained, “The hat hid his third eye.“
Oh, the things you learn when you have children.
