@Skylersmommy - agree! We've been jotting down funny and insightful things DS (6) has said since he could talk, and he loves to look back on them with us, even though he can't remember most of the incidents himself.
I often forget DS is "special" because he just is who he is. But he does still floor me from time to time with the things he says. He is very passionate right now about "saving the earth" - he's our Green Monitor ("Mom, you left the bathroom light on!") and loves to recycle. He even joined his school's environmental group all on his own (and then informed me a couple of days later).
A few months ago, DS (then 5) and I were walking past the back of a restaurant, and he noticed some scraps of metal on the ground near the dumpster. When he bent down to pick them up to recycle, I quickly said "No, no - that's really dirty" and then launched into a lecture on why it's important to keep your hands clean (this was when swine flu first hit the news and was freaking everybody out).
When I finished my spiel, he thought for a moment and then said, "You know, Mom, if I get swine flu, that's just one person dead. But if we don't save the earth, everybody will die."
Startling to hear from a 5-year-old, but profoundly true... I hope he never loses sight of the big picture.
