words and pictures

Alex drew a picture for his friend Riley, who was coming over to play. I asked him what it was, because he had started out drawing a whale spouting water. I thought it was pretty good, but this picture had more bits and pieces to it, and was all yellow.

His answer "constellations". Where on earth he heard that word, I have no idea. Yes, this is my four year old. When I asked him where he heard the word constellations, he said he "just knows it". Did he heard it on TV...? He said he didn't.

I then asked him if he knew what constellations were. "No!" was the reply. "Star patterns in the sky", was my very brief answer. "Yes", he said pointing to the picture, "constellations".

Well blow me down!