I am putting a copy of this is his baby book along with all of his letters.

Silas and his Alien Pajamas

There once was a boy named Silas who owned a pair of navy blue alien pajamas. He loved his pajamas because when he wore them he felt like he could travel to the moon.
And beyond.
And beyond that even.

One day, while Silas was wearing his pajamas, he heard a strange noise coming from behind the big pine tree in his backyard.

Of course, he went to investigate.

He gathered up his taggie blanket and all of his courage and crept behind the tree.
Quietly.
Like a mouse alien.

Behind the tree, eating a donut covered with pink icing and rainbow-colored sprinkles, was a yellow-green, three-horned, red-eyed, smiling alien.

“Hello,” said Silas rather loudly and bravely.

“Hello,” said the alien.

Only he didn’t really say “hello.” He said “Grrzaaabngfhhh.”

But, Silas, being a rather intelligent boy, knew exactly what he meant.

After offering Silas a bite of his donut– which Silas, knowing that his mother couldn’t see him behind the pine tree, happily accepted—the alien pointed to a space ship on Silas’s pajamas and then pointed to a real space ship hidden in the forsythia bushes.

“XvjccccDN’ llaavickxla,” said the alien. Which Silas knew to be an invitation to his planet.

“Okay,” said Silas “as long as I’m home for dinner.”

“Greiwo;frr Qwdnuo;wdb,” said the alien. And off they went.

In space, Silas and the alien floated around singing silly songs and clapping their hands. They filled their cheeks with alien ice cream and filled their ears with alien music.

The space ship traveled through stars the way that airplanes traveled through clouds. Silas looked out the window and saw everything that was light and magic.

“When will be at your planet,” asked Silas.

“Wnio. Frnweio. X’ml,” said the alien.

“Oh, that’s too late,” said Silas. “My mother will wonder where I am.”

“Nfweio;w,” asked the alien.

“Mother,” said Silas. “You don’t have a mother?!?”

“Cbuawi;l,” said the alien.

So, Silas explained to the alien that a mother was someone who kissed your cheeks a lot, and rubbed your hair, and made sure you ate healthy food. (So, don’t tell her about the donut and the ice cream, okay?) She told you funny stories before you went to bed and made crazy faces at you to make you laugh. She is someone who dances wild dances with you across the kitchen and sings silly songs. She swims with you in the summer and builds snowmen in the winter and helps you make cookies on special occasions with lots of extra chips.

“Cookies!” exclaimed the alien. And, he turned the ship back toward Earth.

So, that is how Silas ended up bringing an alien home for dinner.

Silas’s mother was surprised to see the alien, but she was happy too. She put on CD which the alien loaned her and declared it a special occasion. So, Silas and his mother and his father and his new alien friend sang silly songs, and danced wild dances, and made special cookies with lots of extra chips.

The End