Life with a Two Year Old- Chapter 1

The moon was bright, round and full in the hazy early morning sky.

"Moon" Sera said, beckoning me to pick her up so she could obtain a better view out the window.

"It's a full moon," Daddy said, "a big ball in the sky."

"Ball!" she exclaimed, then added.  "Sun!"  

"Yes, the sun is a ball too."

"Sun!" she repeated, as if trying to will it to appear in the sky.

"The sun is hiding right now, Sera, behind the clouds."

"Sun done."  she said.

"Yes, the sun is done," Daddy mimicked, marvelling at her poetic turn.

"Sun done"  Sera repeated, shaking her head furiously.

Daddy caught on.  "Oh, the sun is down."

"Sun down." She smiled brightly. 

"The sun is sleeping now," Daddy tried to explain.  "You see, we live on a big ball too, called the planet Earth, and it's in orbit in space around the sun, and the planet is spinning around and that causes..."

Sera put her hand over Daddy's mouth, as if to say enough already.

"Sun down,"  she proclaimed, "Moon up!"