Tell me about other people's planets

Tonight before bed you asked me to "Tell me about other people's planets." You have been asking a lot about the sun and outer space lately. You are so curious! I think there are only 8 official planets now. Scientists kicked Pluto out several years ago. Don't ask me why! I've started to teach you the planet song I learned in second grade from Mrs. Gartner, my teacher who drew her eyebrows on and taught me cursive. Anyway, the song goes like this:
Mercury, Venus, the earth and Mars
These are the planets that dwell near the stars
Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, too
Neptune and Pluto,
I know them do you?

I guess we'll have to change the end to that one...

Never Grow Up

Daddy got me the latest Taylor Swift CD for Christmas this year. Actually, I saw it on sale at Target when we were Christmas shopping, and I said, "Hey, you should get that for me." So he did. Now I have all three of her albums. There are a couple of songs that are really getting to me lately. One of them is "Never Grow Up." Last night on our way home from church, we were listening to it, and I told you that it was a song about you. Here are some of the lyrics:

Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up

Now, don't get me wrong. I do want you to grow up, Paige. I just don't know how it's happening so fast. I'm just trying to soak it all in, but it seems like the days and weeks and months are just slipping by. Can't you just stay little for a bit longer?