Monday, November 24, 2008

A Typical Conversation

Hayden: "Mom, does everything have eyeballs?"

Me: "Yes, all things have eyeballs."

Hayden: "No they don't"

Me: "Yes, Hayden they do. All THINGS have eyeballs, that is how they see."

Hayden: *smirking* "Well, trees and cars and roads and houses and signs, they don't have eye balls."

Me: "Well, I guess you are right. But all things that see have eye balls."

Hayden: "But that would be really silly if trees had eyeballs. They are not suppose to have eyeballs and that is why they can't see. I think that a tree with eyeballs would be kinda scary but maybe if a fairy came along and gave the tree eyeballs it would not be to scary. They would not have mean eyes then. Fairies are nice and pretty. I wish that I could have a fairy. Mom, do you think that I can put a fairy on my Christmas list? Then the fairy could be with me and give all things eyeballs. I would take my fairy with me everywhere. We would have so much fun together. *breath* Mom, what are bats made of?

30 comments:

Krissi said...

My husband and I were just having the "why did we try so hard to teach our son to talk, and now he won't shut up" conversation yesterday afternoon! Kid's, you never know what they are going to say!!!

BBB said...

The mind of a child is an amazing, and yet scarey place.

My favorite is when I take The Ladies anywhere in the car for more than about 15 minutes. They start talking, at the same time, about pretty much everything and anything and yet nothing. And most of the time I just turn the music on, put it on the front speakers and hope that something they say isn't too important.

Mama2hre said...

Oh enjoy these conversations. My 9 year old son just started conversations that start with "Why do girls....?" Thankfully we've stayed on subjects such as.."Why do girls giggle all the time? Why do girls blow kisses on the playground? Why do girls love Highschool Musical, make hearts on their papers and squeal?" However, I know the harder questions are just a few years away! Ugh!

Danyele Easterhaus said...

this is the time where i pull into mcdonald's, buy my $1 diet coke and bribe them to stop talking with french fries...is that wrong??

Rhea said...

Ok, Jen, what are bats made of?! lol

My kids wants fairly odd parents (fairy godparents). How can I compete with that?!

jori-o said...

hahaha! Too funny!

Jill said...

That's when I tell my girls that moms have 2 sets of eyeballs... in the front and in the back of their head.

My daughter at age 5 still believes I do!

Rachael Schirano \\ Rachael Schirano Photography said...

oh my gosh, that is just priceless. tell me you have him on tape!

Gretchen said...

Maybe while you are making thanksgiving dinner, you can tell him, "Hayden I know of something that has eyes but cannot see." and he could say, "What mama?" and you can say "Potatoes!" Then he will know a fun riddle.

Yes this is kinda dumb.

scargosun said...

This is one of those posts that makes me think having kids would be good. :)

Momma@Live. Laugh. Pull your hair out said...

Hahahahahahahahaha..........LOVE it!

CynthiaK said...

That's so cute. He's got a great imagination!

So, tomorrow's post will reveal what bat's are made of, yes? ;-)

Jen - Queen of Poo said...

LOL! That kid has a lot going on in that brain of his.

Cutie pie pictures down there too!

Live.Love.Eat said...

I love when they go off on tangents about "stuff."

Maternal Mirth said...

It gets worse ... once they are able to train their lungs to marathon standards, there's no more *breath*'s. It's like living with a run-on sentance.

CaraBee said...

I commented once that it's weird to go from being the person with all the questions to the one with all the answers. Because I'm supposed to have them, but most days I don't feel like it.

"The Queen in Residence" said...

What a cute kid. I love when they get so ful of wonder and have to ask all manner of things that mean nothing and everything all at the same time.

Hippomanic Jen said...

I hope you can find him that fairy for Christmas! :)

Jennifer said...

LOL--Great conversation! I wish trees had non-scary eyeballs too!

Jo-Jo said...

I am cracking up! What a great kid you have!

Shannon said...

The things kids come up with!

What an imagination he has... he has to be a writer when he grows up!


And I think having a fairy would be awesome!

Anonymous said...

That's funny. Wait until you tell him you have eyes on the back of your head.

Kelly said...

Bless.your.heart!!!

Honey Mommy said...

Wow. I am SO looking forward to that with my boys. Right now I just get... "mommy, you have eyes and daddy has eyes and Jesus has eyes and I have eyes...."

Kelly Deneen Raymond said...

Apparently he has not seen the trees on the Wizard of Oz...

;)

Anonymous said...

I'm just going to be honest here and say that you need to learn your to/too words. It's not 'to scary' or 'to cold'. It should be 'too scary' and 'too cold'. and yes I know I'm a bitch. I'm just trying to help a blogger out. Everyone else was thinking it they just didn't say anything.

Swift Jan said...

Wow! What an in depth conversation! I hope you can find that fairy ;)

Unknown said...

BRILLIANT, just brilliant.
Hayden, you and my son would SO get on!

Rosie : ) said...

That is so funny. :) Kids have the most amazing minds, and sometimes short attention spans can produce fun conversations. :)

Michelle said...

Tee hee! Little kid conversations are so silly.