He just talked and talked about anything and everything. I am sure he did it before, but I wasn't used to it anymore. I'd grown accustomed to J's more in-depth questions and interests, but Z jumps from one subject to another.
So I was quite surprised when, as he hurried to the van of his own volition (I used to practically drag him), he asked, "Mom, can we talk about bacteria?"
As we settled into our seats and pulled out of the driveway, I asked him what he wanted to know about bacteria. He got a bit irritated and said, "Mom, you just talk, and I'll just listen." So I started talking. And he listened for a long time. And when I got to the end of my little subtopic, he said, "What else?"
He still hasn't tired of the topic of bacteria, although we've expanded to viruses.
I used to think J and Z were polar opposites, but suddenly Z is asking the same questions, almost verbatim, that J asked 2 years ago. It's so fun to see his curiosity ignite!
There's one thing that is still quite different about these brothers, and that is how extremely, innately social Z is. I don't really know what to do when Z walks up to strangers and says, "I'm 4. And did you know that bacteria can't live in outer space? Unless it's in a jar or something. But bacteria can live all over everything on Earth. Like that table. And there's this one kind that has a long needle and it makes your body make more of it (that was a virus), and...." Really, what do you do? I usually smile and say, "He loves to talk!" to the baffled store employee, who probably wouldn't follow this sudden onslaught of microbiological information even if they could understand his preschooler speech.
I really don't remember this being an issue with J!
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