Dec. 15th, 2008

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Conversations in the car

Miss E: What is Godzilla?
Super N: A man eating, fire breathing lizard monster.
Daddy: Yup, that pretty much covers it.
Me: He eats buildings, too. Helps with his gullet.
Miss E: Is Gozilla real?
All of Us: Of course.
Miss E: Really?
Me: Just ask the people he ate.

(I sense a Godzilla movie night coming up)

Miss E: did God die?
Us: What?!?.. uh, no.
Miss E: then did Jesus die?
Us: yyyyyyessss... but he resurrected.
Miss E: Was he just bones? Did he have skin? Sounds icky.
Me: Jesus was not a zombie. He came all the way back with bones and skin and everything. He didn't smell funny, either.

Miss E and Mommy one morning last week:

Miss E: I don't want to get married.
Me: You don't need to. Didn't we talk about this already? You can do whatever you want, you can even change your mind and get married later on.
Miss E: I do have to get married. Everyone has to.
Me: I don't think so. Uncle J and Aunt L aren't married.
Miss E: Is that why they don't have babies?
Me: Uh... no. Uncle R and Aunt N are married and don't have babies. You dont' have to get married just to have babies. You can get married without babies, too.
Miss E: Why don't they want babies? They don't like babies?
Me: No... hmm... give me a minute to figure out how to explain this.

(She patiently stares at me, waiting)

Me: Lots of people like kids, but taking care of kids is a lot of work. So they like to play with them, have them visit, and do things with them, but they like it when the kids go home to their own mommies and daddies. That way they can rest and be ready for the next visit. (yay! Circular logic)
Miss E: Do you have to be married to have babies?
Me: ye.. uh.. no, not really.
Miss E: But you need to like a boy.
Me: Uh... no, not really.
Miss E: I don't understand.
(me, breaking out in cold sweat)
Me: Girls have the eggs and boys have the seeds. The seeds have to get into the eggs for the baby to grow inside the girl. Some boys give doctors their seeds and the doctors keep the seeds in special storage.
Miss E (jumping in while I take a deep, thoughtful breath): Why? Oh, wait, I get it. The boys who don't want to be daddies give their seeds to the doctors so that the girls who want to be mommies can have babies.
Me: Uh, yup.

I'm astounded at her ability to make logical leaps and connect the dots. And my deodorant is pretty awesome stuff to put up the number of times that girl's questions cause me to break out in a sweat.

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