My brother started school in Rio de Janeiro. My mom went to a parent-teacher conference with his teacher. The teacher started gushing about my dad and him being an astronaut! The teacher couldn't understand what an astronaut was doing in Rio!!! My mom said "well, he's an engineer who worked on the heat shields but no, he is not an astronaut". My brother was confused about that and the fact that before we moved we went to NASA here in Houston and my dad was telling about the heat shields.
At that age, boys especially have been the good guy, the bad guy, alien, protector of the world!" My little guy loved to play "policeman v. alien". Yeah, guess who was the alien???! I can't tell you how many times "I died"!!!
I would have a talk with him when you pick him up and ask him why he told his friends his mommy was dead. I am curious as to what he says. Kids say the darnest things!!!