Elliot, Elliot, Elliot.

[lindsleykids]

Elliot is a little boy. He is six and a half. He has imagination. He has determination. He has passion. He is focused. He is serious. He is intense. He is busy. He has vision. He is tireless.

Comments

genetics...maybe you've heard of it

[anonymous]

Admittedly, I didn't know you at age 6. But at age 12, the only reason your room did not look like that is that your mom ran a tight ship. And it would have given her a heart attack.

I wish to the stars that I had pictures, but let me remind you of a teeny-tiny, everything in perfect-miniature, house built out of, oh let me think...calculator innards, amongst other things. And intricate drawings with markers (i do have one of those). :-)

There are some tinkering genes there for sure. I say go with the imagination, but also get him some sets from a hobby store so that he can start putting some reality to it, as well. Mostly, though, just be proud that he is so obviously his own person (and his mama's son.)

-Stacy

Re: genetics...maybe you've heard of it

[lindsleykids]

Stacy, thank you truly for your comment! It produced a small series of humorously differing reactions. Tim was taken aback, hit with the sudden realization that all of Elliot's creativity might not have come from him afterall. I was suddenly alarmed to consider that this child might actually be more like me than I have ever been willing to admit. And my good friend Deb, up there, just laughed at me at the possibility that it's all my fault my son is the way he is. :D Ha! Elliot's an amazing child, but he and I have clashed from the very first day he was on this Earth. Maybe it is because we're similar. I have honestly never thought about it in this way before. :)

[deborahclawson]

I don't know what to say. I really hope you can channel all that energy and intelligence into something productive.

[lindsleykids]

You just really hope I don't bring him over to play at your house too much. ;)

[teacher_tabi]

Wow. That's amazing. He obviously has a lot of diligence and patience and determination. Try to thin of what an amazing adult that is going to make him. LOL

Here are some links:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dus-stripbooks-tree&field-keywords=kid+science&x=0&y=0

Perhaps try to steer him to o some of these types of experiments, and then talk about how scientists take experiments that they have done, elaborate on the idea and go with it. Perhaps he can do that too - run with expanding experiments, etc.

But just WOW!

[kimmiecello]

Like Tabi said - Wow!