The Kidling is fascinated by the back story. Every back story. She wants to know how a thing happened, and then how the thing that made it happen happened. And then how the thing that made the thing that made it happen happened happened.
It can be exhausting.
It can also be positively adorable. Such is the case when she let’s her little munchkin brain go wild and start to transfer what we’ve talked about to other situations.
Like birds. And Great Danes.
We were driving home from daycare one afternoon when out of the blue, Alice declared, “Oh yeah. Great Danes don’t have eggs. They just lay their babies. They don’t get hatched.”
I will never be able to keep up with that child.
My grandmother would have LOVED Alice. My grandparents had a big farm–cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, yada yada (I grew up in the Midwest)–and something was *always* being born. My grandparents thought it important that I learn about ‘the circle of life,’ so I was always on hand for one or another happening. I remember quite clearly the arrival of a litter of pigs, all of whom I watched enter the world from my position about 6″ from the sow’s behind. I announced to my grandmother with great delight (and no small amount of awe) that each piglet was arriving sealed in its own little plastic bag! I thought that was just so *neat* and showed such foresight on the mama pig’s part!
That is hilarious. And darling. I bet your grandmother told that story for years and years.
It certainly got a lot of play within the family–I’m north of 40 now and my mother still teases me about it.
And well she should!
Lol..I’m not sure who’s story is better today – Alice’s or Lori’s!! Though I agree with you – this little girl is going to be hard to keep up with!
Probably Lori’s, but I’m pretty okay with that.
“They just lay their babies”! Awesome.
Isn’t it? You know what else is awesome? Being Freshly Pressed. Congratulations, you fabulous bloglady, you!
I’m so confused. Maybe you’re thinking of some other fabulous bloglady? One who swears less?
Yep, totally not you. Fathead Follies. For some reason I thought you were both FPed this week. Maybe I am seeing the future?
That would be awesome, though I’m starting to despair of it. You have no idea how many goats I’ve sacrificed to the WordPress gods, with absolutely no result.
What a horrifying visual. If they FPed comments, then the WP gods would want nothing to do with that one…
Maybe I’d be better off with doves?
Um, maybe? You’ll have to get a direct line to the WP gods for that one. Ask Cristy Lewis or Staci Chadwick.
We had a neighbor great dane growing up that used to love to “lay” things on our porch. I wish they had been great dane babies.
And I predict a freshly pressed in Kathy’s near future. Not that I’m a professional predictor or anything. That’s just what I would do if I were running WordPress.
Ick. I also wish they had been Great Dan babies.
Ick.
And I couldn’t agree more on the WP gods. They should FP our brilliant pal, shouldn’t they?!
Yes they should!
Let’s engage our telepathy and see what we can do.