Salvation

Sometimes Zachary says something that reminds me that he is a very smart kid who never misses a beat. He pays attention to everything, and remembers everything. Always. It is amazing.

Yesterday we got Coraline in the mail from Netflix. I had been hesitant to let the kids watch it, because it looked really creepy to me. I may be the only human who did not enjoy The Nighmare Before Christmas, but somehow that level of creepy just doesn't appeal to me. But they wanted to see it, so we finally put it in our queue. Zachary was OK for the first hour or so, but then it just got too dang spooky for him, and we turned it off.

Today as we were driving Noah and Savanna to school, Zachary was telling the kids about how Coraline was too scary for him. Noah said, "Zack, you can watch Lord of the Rings and Terminator Salvation and not be scared. Why would Coraline be scary to you?"

Zachary answered a question with a question. "Why do they call it 'Terminator SALVATION' anyway? Salvation is only in church movies."

Not that we watch a lot of church movies, but somehow he knew that salvation is a church word. He is paying attention.

Really, it is amazing what Zachary can sit through for movies without flinching, and then what minor thing will frighten him. For instance, about a month ago he watched The Little Mermaid for the first time. He loved it, but at the end when Ursula turns into the big monster, he buried his head in his blanket and said, "I just can't watch this!" And then he can sit and watch Aragorn and Legolas battle for middle earth and think nothing of it.

What a kid.