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The Planets

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If you think Owen singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star warmed the heart of his astronomer father, you gotta bet that my heart was bursting with pride tonight:



That's my boy!!!

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TheOtherMother said…
YAY OWEN! That was great work! My favorite is the excitement that he gets in his voice when he gets to Pluto. Forget the fact that those "experts" decided that Pluto wasn't a planet. It is to Owen, and he is PUMPED about it.
May 18, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Anonymous said…
You can tell Owen really knows his planets because he skipped Mars and was able to go back to it without missing a beat.

In my day, we bought a Mercury to go to visit Venus...
May 18, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Goofle Marcy said…
Whoohoo Owen ! Standing up for the
littlest among us, the weak, the downtrodden!
The plutos shall inherit the Earth.
May 18, 2008 at 3:34 PM
mama mia said…
The perfect Montessori Solar System Presentation I lesson.....with teacher made materials! My kindergarten students could not have done better...Owen has great teachers indeed.
May 18, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Karin said…
He's going to be so disappointed when he gets to school and they don't talk about Pluto anymore!

Owen is pretty much the smartest ~3 year old I've ever seen. I can't believe he knows all the planets! That is amazing.
May 18, 2008 at 6:03 PM
kel said…
Owen is officially smarter than me when it comes to the planets : ) Haha. Baby geniuses do exist I guess.
June 1, 2008 at 11:11 PM
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