week ending oct 21, 2007:

Week ending October 21, 2007: This week the kids have been making me laugh, and making me think, so I thought I’d spend some time cherishing the little moments. Chloe is so curious about the world she comes up with some challenging questions. For instance one day she was quizzing me in the car “Did God make the sky? Did God make the dirt? Does God make cars?” So I told her that people make cars and she said “How do people make cars?” So I came up with “Well they take metal and cut and bend it into the right shape”. She said “How do they know what the right shape is?” Jeez kid, cut me some slack! Another day she asked out of the blue “where are Great PopPop’s body and bones?” I’d seen the progression coming on that question. When we went to the Science Center we talked about how the dinosaurs lived a long time ago but they all died and all that is left is their bones because they don’t need bodies or bones in heaven. Also this week she asked if her cold was caused by a bacteria or a virus. This question is partly because of the Magic School Bus episode that goes “inside Ralphie” for a look at how the body fights illness, and party because a few days earlier Alex started the cold with a sore throat and I had said we might have to take Alex to the doctor to find out if his sore throat was caused by a bacteria or a virus.

My list of quirky stuff that I noticed Alex doing this week includes Alex telling people “my Mom can do that”. When we were at Sunday school and the DVD player wasn’t working Alex told the teacher “my Mom can fix it”, and when Grammy Barb couldn’t get the brownies out of the pan Alex told her “my Mom knows how to do it”. The kids do know that I have my limitations though. When there was a bug in the bathroom Chloe said “we’ll have to call Daddy to get it” and then Alex grabbed a big toy and squashed it himself. That is one gender division I can live with! Also this week Alex was sitting on the toilet when he asked “why does that toilet paper turn the wrong way?” I’d never shown the kids how to install paper in the holder so I’d never pointed out which way the paper “should” turn, but I am fastidious about putting the paper in so that the paper hangs over the top. Poor Alex I guess he will now inherit that quirk. The pictures this week are of Chloe with a picture of an eagle she had drawn all by herself, and Alex with a belated birthday gift.