The Planety Professor

Kiernan's babysitter, Melissa, asked us to bring Kiernan in for a demonstration panel for one of her classes. We figured this would be fine as it was a quick little demo, and not so much a dog and pony show.

Kiernan went into the class and wowed them for a few minutes. He showed them a couple of his Planet Heroes and answered a few questions about the Solar System. When pressed about Pluto by the professor of the class he held forth a bit on the Dwarf Planets. He closed by going to the front, standing on a chair and writing his name on the white board at the front of the room.

My favorite moment directly followed that, when he turned around and made as if he was about to pounce from his chair into my arms, over the table at which the panel was seated. Melissa was standing next to him, and she encouraged him not to do this. I just loved his instincts, and the classroom gasp as he readied for the jump.

We didn't know if he would play coy or gregarious in the room. He went with the latter. What a charmer.


[Pic Notes: In the top picture you see him writing his name on the board next to a picture of himself which Melissa has projected over head. The second picture shows him answering a question posed by the professor leading the class. Most likely he's expounding upon the status of Pluto.]