This is Jupiter. 
A gas giant.
A gas giant.The fifth planet from the sun.
1,300+ earths could fit inside of it.
My son sees it everywhere.
My son sees it everywhere.
Someone decided against these placemats at the grocery store and discarded them in the cereal aisle this past spring.
“I need Jupiter!” Declan squealed, pointing at them from the cart. He held them in awe and smushed them into his face for the rest of the shopping trip. He would not leave the store without them. Thankfully, they were on clearance for 25 cents a piece:
Marketers call this a swirly-something-or-other, but Declan calls it a Jupiter popsicle. (There are Mars and Venus popsicles in the same box, but that’s a story for another day.)
I have become very good at drawing Jupiter.
(For the record, I did not know the names of the Galilean moons until I had Declan.)
Sometimes we call this ball Neptune, because of its color.
But since it’s the biggest one we have, it’s the Jupiter of our ball solar system.
We heart Jupiter.
Related post: Tiptoeing through the solar system
I have become very good at drawing Jupiter.
(For the record, I did not know the names of the Galilean moons until I had Declan.)
Sometimes we call this ball Neptune, because of its color.
But since it’s the biggest one we have, it’s the Jupiter of our ball solar system.
We heart Jupiter.
Related post: Tiptoeing through the solar system
Copyright Tracy Zollinger Turner, Tinymantras.com, 2009.
That is so cool. Maybe he will be an Astrologer when he grows up.
Or an Astronaunt…
I love that he is so young and into something so fabulous!
I want my daughter to jump ship from princess land and explore the joy of science too!
I think it’s going to take more than a placemat though.
He is adorable.
You will grow up kid, as an astronaut.