A Typical Conversation

Today I came home from the gym at 12:30 with two hungry AND tired boys. I fed Anders until his sleepiness was more overwhelming than his hunger, and then left Isaac at the table to finish his lunch while I nursed Anders and put him down for a nap. Isaac is supposed to stay at the table while he's eating, and he's really not supposed to come chat with me while I'm putting his bro down for a nap, but today both were kind of unavoidable. I don't really expect Isaac to sit at the table by himself while I'm off doing something else. Anyway, he kept visiting me in Anders's room, and as we talked I thought, 'I've got to try to remember this so I can write it down.'

This conversation is typical of how interactions usually go between my Izey boy and me, which is to say there's a lot of repetition and totally random subject changes.

Also good to note is that Isaac had previously thought that birds eat eggs and that's why they keep them in their nests. I always try to tell him that birds come from eggs, but he apparently doesn't think I'm an authority on the subject and usually tells me, "No, Mom, they eat them!" Today he saw a baby dinosaur hatching on Dinosaur Train, a new PBS show, so he finally believes me about the birds too.


Spike: Momma?
Me: Yeah?
Spike: I like you, Momma.
Me: I like you too, honey.
Spike: Momma, why do dinosaurs come from eggs?
Me: Because their mommas lay eggs in their nests and then the babies come out of them. And birds come from eggs too.
Spike: Momma, why do dinosaurs and birds come from eggs?
Me: Because that's the way God made them.
Spike: Why?
Me: Because He thought it would be interesting.
(Spike runs back to the table to grab some more food. Then he returns to the doorway.)
Spike: Momma?
Me: Yeah?
Spike: I still like you.
Me: I still like you too.
Spike: I still like you too. Why do dinosaurs come from eggs, Momma?
(He comes in the room, leans against the wall, and holds up one finger in front of his face.) Dinosaurs come from eggs because their mommas lay a lot of and a lot of and a lot of and a lot of and a lot of and a lot of and a lot of and a lot of and a lot of and a lot of and a lot of EGGS in their NESTIS!
(Spike runs away. I put Anders down and join Spike at the table.)
Spike: Momma, do dinosaurs come from eggs?
Me: Yup. And birds too.
Spike: And does God watch over my whoooooole family (makes a big circle with his hand) while we're all sleeping?
Me: Yup, He sure does.