Friday morning, my family is doing a first. We are all boarding an airplane together, and heading out of town. My kids have flown at various times in their lives, but never together, and none of them remember it. Here are some observations and questions from my two sons over the last few days about their first airplane ride:

• Will it fly upside down?
• Do we get to wear space suits?
• Will the birds know to get out of the way, so we don’t hurt them?
• Will we smell the clouds?
• Does it ever go to the moon?
• Why do they serve peanuts? I’d like fruit snacks more.

And the most interesting observation tonight came tonight over dinner.

Dylan: “How does the big airplane get up in the sky?”
Ryan: “Does it have a daddy airplane that teaches him or something?”