Clayton asks A LOT of questions. Our days are filled with lots of "Why?" "How does this work?" and "What happens when?" I love that he is so inquisitive, but it sure does make my brain tired trying to think of how to answer his questions on an age appropriate level. Some of today's topics were:
* Recycling (Mommy, what happens to the stuff we put in the recycling bin?)
* Cancer (Mommy, when is Ms. T (his preschool teacher) going to come back to school?)
* Agricultural Zoning (Mommy, when Sydney goes to heaven can me and Daddy get a cow?)
* Traffic Laws (Mommy, why is that policeman sitting in the parking lot?)
* Water Treatment Facilities (A conversation that started with Clayton asking about a water tower which progressed into him asking about how they "get all the poop out of the water and make it clean again.")
* And last, but not least, The Holy Trinity (Mommy, how are God and Jesus the same person?)
Tomorrow I'm sure that we will end up discussing a bull market vs. a bear market and the Pythagorean theorem! Better go do some research...
After both boys woke up from their afternoon naps, we went to the park because if I had to answer one more deep question my brain may explode it was a beautiful afternoon. :)
then he took a nap in his carseat. He was swaddled tight and cozy warm. What a life!
Clayton rode his big wheel to the park and burned off some serious energy (somehow I managed to escape discussing calories and the Kreb's cycle!). :)
3 comments:
Thank God for Agricultural Zoning!!! Your little sponge is a lucky little guy to have a Mommy as patient as you-- how smart he is becomming!
That boy is something else. You asked many questions, but none so deep. The Trinity question was explained to my preschoolers that I taught as that God was like a ballon: God is the air we use to blow it up; Jesus is the ballon itself; the Holy Spirit is the air coming out of the ballon when it is deflated and zooms around the room. That explanation seemed to satisfy those 4 year olds. Explaining the solar system to them was a bit more challenging, however.
Mike Rowe has a great dirty jobs on water treatment plants. it would probably gross him out AND lead to 50 more questions. FUN!
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