Fly Me To The Moon....

I guess Frank Sinatra had the right idea when he wrote this song, because that is what McQueen wants to do! The last month or so he has found a new fascination with space and all the planets. So for Christmas his Grampa and Auntie Laura found him 2 books on planets. I couldn't find a picture of the second book, which is called The Planets in Our Solar System.(The second picture is just one I found that I thought looked cool). Both this book and Voyage Through Space are fantastic books which I have found that I also love. I have learned A LOT from reading them! For instance, did you know there is a place called Eagle Nebula, which is a star nursery? It contains hydrogen, the raw material for making stars. This is where new stars are born. The Eagle Nebula is 7,000 light years away! I guess I am going back to my Space Camp days .......Kim, I never thought I would! Very interesting though, all there is to learn.
So McQueen says to me at least once a day while he is gazing at the sky, "Mommy, McQueen wants to go to space." "Mommy, where is Jupiter and Saturn? Where is Neptune? How big is the moon? McQueen walk on the moon Mommy?" I just think that at age 2-1/2 if he wants to know about space, I will find ways to teach him all I can! I just think it's great he's interested in these things already. He LOVES his new books and wants me to read them to him over and over. Thanks Grampa and Auntie!