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From the Mouths of Babes

Kids say the darnedest things. I don't think that they know they are being witty or profound. They just open their minds and speak. The things that come out of their mouths at times can astound even the most intellectual of beings. Innocence and curiosity combine to create a question or statement that either makes you scratch your head in confusion or grin in amazement. It's not just with my own kids that I notice this phenomenon. It's evident in all kids.

Oh, my kids have their profound moments, alright. Talia says that when she eats something that is sour, her taste "bugs" are tingling. I guess instead of having flowers (buds) in her mouth, she has creepy, crawly critters. And just today, she said that a honeymoon was when "two people get married and then they go to the moon". She is right in one aspect: getting married can make you feel light as a feather, as if you are on the moon.

Trey has his sayings also. Driving home the other day after picking him up from his preschool, the sun was shining in on him through the side window of the Beetle. He said that the sun was "burning" his eyes. Not just blinding him, it was burning him. He said that the sun was "bad" and it needed to "go away". He told me to "move it". I try to do just about anything for my kids, but moving celestial bodies is a little bit beyond my scope. And once, while taking a hike on the hill behind my house, he was having a hard time walking up the steep hill. After walking only a few yards, he would stop and start whining. I asked him what was wrong. He told me that his shoes weren't working. They are the kinds that have Velcro straps instead of shoelaces and apparently they were loose and turning on his foot, making it hard to walk on an incline. I had to carry him the rest of the way up to the top, all the while trying to imagine shoes that "don't work".

One of my sister-in-laws operates a chicken farm with her husband. They have thousands of chickens that they have to feed, care for, and gather eggs from. The eggs are laid and then they roll onto this conveyor belt where they travel along to a central collection area. One day, while we were there helping gather the eggs, Trey noticed the eggs coming down the belt. Someone told him that the eggs were traveling on a train. Trey is fascinated with trains. Pretty soon he was saying, "All aboard, chickens!" If you think about it, that does make sense. After all, what else does a train conductor say to get people to board

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