Kid stories...
Sunday, August 5, 2007 at 11:52AM Time for some kid stories... ;)
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Walking along the other day, Noah and Asher both insist that we all avoid stepping on any cracks. I'm sure you've heard that before, right? Curious, I asked them what would happen if I *did* step on a crack. I know I haven't ever said anything along those lines to them but I figured maybe they'd heard something along the lines of "step on a crack, break your mother's back". Isn't that what you've always heard?
So. Without missing a breath, the boys replied (in unison), "if you step on a crack a bear will come out and eat you up!" Really. Where do they come up with these things? Just to test this, I deliberately stepped on a crack. Since I obviously wasn't eaten by a bear, I looked at them for explanation. Their answer? "The bear is invisible!" How silly of me.
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Another one. The boys were in the kitchen and I overheard them talking. Noah asked Ash, "what are you afraid of?" Asher thought and answered, "ghosts." (Seems reasonable to me.) Asher then, of course, asked Noah in turn what he was afraid of. Noah's response? "Extinction." Honest. What were you afraid of at six?
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Just as another example of how atypical Noah can be...he was looking out the window earlier this week and saw some birds and a rabbit in the backyard. He turns to me and says, "My estimation of the age of that bird is 4 years." No joke. That's exactly what he said.
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I'm sure any other mothers of young kids can relate...you're out shopping or running errands and you're trying to keep track of your kids. My general rule is that the boys are to stay where I can see them and they can hear me. So, we were at a store the other day and Asher kept ducking behind displays. I asked him to stay where I could see him. He says, exasperated, "but, Mommy, I'm a secret agent!" Oh. Pardon me. ;)
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Okay, that's enough for now. Here are a couple pictures of the boys Friday down in Boulder. We met up with friends and threw rocks in the creek and wandered Pearl Street Mall where they had this strange rock playground (not very safe by any means, but the kids all seemed to enjoy it). Great fun!
Oh, and if you were wondering about funny Micah stories, well, let's just say he's a little mimic of late...totally copying everything his brothers do. And, since getting the big boy haircut, he seems magically to have decided he now *is* a big boy and won't let me hold his hand going down stairs or open doors for him or help him into the van or any number of other things...yeah, totally into the independent thing. Good thing he's cute. ;)
Reader Comments (1)
LOL, these had me cracking up! I don't think I've ever been concerned about extinction, but it kinda scares me now!