A Message to the Big Guy

Elliot received a video message, via email, from Santa today. Elliot watched the whole video in stunned silence. When it was over, in a small voice, Elliot said "That is the best thing I ever saw!" Then, putting his hands up to his face he said, "That was so good I think I could cry!"

Elliot was so impressed with Santa's personal communication, that he wanted to send one of his own. Not having a PNP Communicator (Portable North Pole Communicator) we had to settle for good old fashioned email. Here is what he wrote:

dearsantaitisielliotihopyouhavamerrychristmasandsantaireallylikedyourvideomessageloveelliot

It doesn't get much sweeter than that.

Inspiration

The other day Elliot was inspired to draw the can of play-doh.

Here's what he drew:

And this is what the play-doh can actually looks like:

The Final Product

Here's what the cave eventually looked like - complete with bats hanging from the ceiling and explorers checking out the dark corners. 

(I did help cut out the explorers - he's only five after all.) 

For more on the cave, check this out.

Are You Smarter Than A Five-Year-Old?

This, people, is a diorama of a cave.  That's right, I said DIORAMA.  Made by my FIVE. YEAR. OLD.

Complete with stalactites and stalagmites. 

That's right, I said STALACTITES and STALAGMITES. 

Did I mention that he's five years old? 

Holy cr*p.  My kid's going to be smarter than me in exactly 1.3 years. 

It's true.  Want to know how I know? 

I had to look up the spelling of diorama, stalactites and stalagmites. 

And, besides, he's FIVE. 

And he's making DIORAMAS of STALACTITES and STALAGMITES!

I'm in serious trouble when he starts to study calculus in third grade!