Linus is now wildly interested in super heros. He says Spider Man is his favorite. He desperately wants to check out super hero books from the library, but we've only managed to find two so far that aren't too scary. It appears that there are entry-level super hero books that are for beginning readers. What is different about these is that the villains don't cause too much trouble. In one that we have the Penguin causes birds to go crazy. Pigeons create traffic jams, sea gulls steal ice cream cones and hot dogs, and the ostriches escape from the zoo. The Super Friends make short work of the problems and catch the Penguin without a fight.
Linus likes to make up super heroes by combining characteristics of different creatures. For example, the size of a T-Rex, with horns like a big horn sheep, and the speed of a gazelle. He is starting to want me to play "bad guys" with him, but I turn down the invitation. "Why not, mom?" I tell him, "Honey, I'm just not interested in bad guys. I'm more interested in nice people."
As always, he says the most sweet things. After spending time in the new children's garden, Linus told me, "I like spending time with you." (The photo is of him playing in the stream there. All of the kids were having a blast.)
Here is a conversation we had about before our May trip to Virginia. He wanted to know why our rental car wouldn't be fancy. I explained that fancy cars cost too much. He said, "Well, people with too much money can rent them and then they won't have too much money. That would take care of that."
