It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a.....bat?

Shane got a full season of Bill Nye the Science Guy for our kids to watch.  

I told him, begged him even, not to, but since he had never seen it as a kid, he didn't see the problem with it.

I told him that it would be SO boring and none of our kids would be interested in it for YEARS (if ever).  

He is one determined man sometimes.

Needless to say, because the universe hates me, Kaden L.O.V.E.S. it!

And not just the ones with real animals in them, but ALL of them.  The boring ones that talk about matter and energy and other boring stuff.

Kaden was watching an episode called "Mammals" and they showed live bats.  Up til this point, Kaden had never seen real bats.  This was our conversation:

(They show a shot of a bat's face-close up)

Kaden: "Look, Mom!  A pig!"

Me (laughing): "No, bud, actually that's a bat."

Kaden: "Oooooh, a bat."

(A few seconds later....they show a bat with it's wings spread out)

Kaden: "Look, Mom!  A bird!"

Me (still laughing): "No, that's a bat, too."

Kaden: confused look

(They show a shot of a bat climbing up a tree branch)

Kaden (understanding): "Oooooh!  A MONKEY!!"

Poor kid.

I felt so bad for him that I just said, "Yeah, bud, it's a monkey."  ;)