Eyes for Computers

More Ivan. We were reading one of his favorite books last night, called Honey in a Hive. It is about honey bees and how they live, breed, build hives, and make honey. Last night Ivan was looking closely at one of the illustrations of a bee, and he asked, “Mommy, why their eyes look different?” I asked if he meant that their eyes look different from ours as people. He said yes. I explained to him that bees do different things and have a different purpose from people, and that their eyes are different for that reason – so that they can see what they need to see, and do what they need to do.

Ivan said, “Bees have eyes to see honey, not to look at the computer!”

Like people.

Ivan's Monologue

From today:

"Mom, you're not a weirdo. You're not any kind of weird, you are beautiful - you're beautiful because I love you. I'm going to marry you when I'm a daddy, and I will bring you flowers for your garden."