Saturday, January 07, 2006

The kid gets deep. The kid gets bored.

"Dad, why can't we see forever?"
"Dad, what's at the edge of space?"
"Dad, what happened before God?"

- My 9 year old, in a 30-second span.

"Daddy, can we please get out of the car?"

- My 6 year old girl, as I tried to answer these questions.


Love to all. Even you, the guy who ordered "three egg whites" at the diner.

7 comments:

Diana Crabtree said...

I am assuming this is the same kid who got upset when he won a game, you said "you kicked my butt" and he reversed it and said "is that what you think when you win?". What a remarkable kid!!!

Rich | Championable said...

You got it, Diana. Same kid. The thing that rocks about him is that he's also this crazy-fearless skateboarder who bombs into the half-pipe without a care in the world.

Ellie: both. :-)

Anonymous said...

heh you're making me re-think the whole adoption idea...

I plan to get my ideas for how to answer kids' questions from Calvin's dad in the Calvin & Hobbes strips.

Calvin: Dad, how do people make babies?
Dad: Most people just go to Sears, buy the kit, and follow the assembly instructions.
Calvin: I came from SEARS??
Dad: No, YOU were a blue light special at K Mart. Almost as good, and a lot cheaper.

- Pie

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Anonymous said...

Your blog reminds me that children are gifts. It reminds me of all the clever, diverse, questioning, lovely, smart things they say. We I be so smart when I grow up?

Miss Jes said...

Kids are so adorable!

Zube said...

Woah. Those are toughies. I bet you had great answers.

Three egg whites? In a diner? Mmm...I miss diners. Colorado thinks it has diners, but they're nothing like the Northeast. They close. Disco fries. Gravy and cheese and fries. Ecstasy.