Tegegne: Kids Say the Darndest

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All of these thoughts on the 10 minute drive to school this morning. One right after the other:

T: "Mooommmy! policeman at gas! I see policeman at gas!"

T: "Big trailor! We don't have one, but Grandpa Ben and Gramma Debby do. We can ride in their trailor."

T: "Is it Christmastime, mommy?"

M: Nope, it's almost Easter though!"

T: "Well, can we sing that Christmas song...turn the music on."

M: "I will turn the music on when you ask nicely."

T: "Please turn music on, please?"

M: So I turn the music on and he says, "That's like my drum." (hearing a drum in the song, of course)

T: "Mommy, look...tractor movin. Clouds movin'. Why clouds move?"

T: "I wanna see cows, mommy."
M: "Clouds?"
T: "No, cows!"

M: "We can't see cows in the city, gotta go to the country to see cows."

T: "Look, it's my new school!"

And we get out of the car and you go to school.

On the drive home you were still thinking about clouds and policemen:

T: "Mommy, where do policemen live?"

M: "In houses, and apartments, and maybe lofts downtown (pointing out the loft buildings downtown.), but mostly houses like us."

T: "Mommy, where do clouds live?"

M: "In the sky."

T: "Noooo, clouds live in houses! (you laugh) I gotta tell Ababayeh. He think that's funny."