"more I can fly"

Jman has a new request. He wants to jump out of an airplane. Seriously. He really wants to. He pointed to a picture in a Richard Scarry book of a bunny and a parachute. He looked at me and said, "Yes!" I asked the question, and he eagerly said, "Yes!" again. I pointed out that that would entail going "down down down." (He doesn't like 'down' to the point that it's an OCD kind of a thing. We can't even say the word without him correcting it to 'nup,' which I think is a contraction for 'not up.') He wasn't swayed--still wants to jump.

Later I asked about flying, thinking maybe he just wanted to go flying. Yes, he wants to go flying. And jumping.

And today, after verbally requesting "more I can fly" several times throughout the day, I also discovered this new drawing of his:

He's been studying on his own drawings that have lines indicating motion lately. He added in those motion lines above his parachute, indicating that the parachute and bunny are going down. And the bunny paratrooper is saying, "Jman."

Yep, he really wants to go flying, and jump out of an airplane. And I'm game! But unfortunately my little bit of research online seems to indicate that most places require you to be 18yo or older. Bummer. He's gonna have to wait on starting his skydiving career. But maybe we'll still see about getting him a hop in a small plane. That's a very doable thing! Although Habeeb rightly pointed out we'll have to make sure he's seated somewhere where he can't open a door and jump out! THAT would be bad!