Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Commute Conversation

e-baby: 'What are these strings on my toy butterfly?'
me: 'Antennas'
e: 'Lantana?'
m: 'No, lantana are flowers. Antennas are on bugs.'
e: 'Butterflies eat the pollen on the lantana'
m: 'That's right'
e: 'What are antennas?'
m: 'They're like fingers for a bug.'
e: 'Like spiders?'
m: 'No, spiders have legs. Bugs have legs and antennas.'
e: 'But I'm talking about spiders.'
m: 'Spiders have 8 legs.'
e: 'Like octopuses!'
m: 'That's right'
e: 'Do octopuses eat spiders?'
m: 'I bet they would if they could'
e: 'Octopuses eating the snake with the spider in his mouth! Would that be a good plan?'
m: 'That would be an excellent plan!'

Never a dull moment.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

3 comments:

  1. I'm trying to figure out what in God's name she's planning that involves a spider, a snake, & an octopus. You should probably be extra-careful next time she asks to go to the beach.

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  2. I assume you meant "commute" in both senses: as in commuting to day care, and as in commuting the topic of conversation. THat kid has some imagination!
    Love,
    DAD

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  3. Ha!! That's right. The commutative property of creepy things, demonstrated right there.

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