Jacobisms...

Just to document these so I don't forget them one day when Jacob's excelling in whatever field he chooses...

The other day we were in the car and Benjamin saw a truck with two scorpions on it.

Benjamin: "Look! It's a truck with two lobsters!"
Jacob: "Those aren't lobsters. Those are scorpions."
Me: "Jake, he's 4. They do look like lobsters."
Jacob: "Um, I guess... They do both have pincers and segmented bodies... but scorpions have a stinger and don't have antennae... they have hair for feelers."
Yep.

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On the way home from school, Jacob said he wants to be a scientist when he grows up. Or an inventor. Like the guy who invented the telephone was a scientist and taught during the day but made inventions at night. He'd go to work all day, come home and sleep for a bit in between, and then invent at night. :-)

The first invention he was pondering was how to make real life light sabers. He said (I can't verify this because I don't pay attention) that in Star Wars, the light sabers work with an energy crystal stuck in a handle and the energy crystal is kind of magical and creates the light. He said maybe he could take a regular crystal, put it in a handle, and then add tons of tiny mirrors all angled in just the right way so the light (and then added, "Maybe an LED light") would bounce off of all the mirrors and create enough energy in the handle that light would shoot out.

He's 7.

When I was 9 or 10 we had to come up with an invention in school. The best I could come up with was a cloth-covered ice pack because ice in the bag by itself kind of stings. This was the best I could think of. And it wasn't until years later that I realized it wasn't even a new idea...

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It's titled Jacobisms, but Benjamin pulled one out the other day.... He randomly asked us if 3 plus 4 plus 5 is 12. Well, that just stunned us a bit. :)

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