As I sit down to write this, my son is turning the ripe age of 4. Save the "He's an old dad" comments. I've heard them. In fact, an older gentleman in the line at the grocery store asked my son if he called me grandpa. I replied that, no, he calls me dad. The gentleman was embarrassed, but I swiftly told him that it wasn't the first time, and it wouldn't be the last, either. No harm done. What having a toddler has taught me is that they ask some pretty deep questions sometimes. My son, the budding entomologist/astronaut, is well versed in things like arthropods, exoskeletons, true bugs, insects and arachnids and will happily correct people who use the terms incorrectly. His favorite arthropod is the isopod.
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