Is That On Earth?

That's the new question I hear about 20 times a day from my 4-year-old as he tries to sort out real and imaginary :) It gets really challenging when it's something like TV show with real life characters (i.e. The Imagination Movers or Fresh Beat Band) and he says, "Are they on Earth?" I say...."Yes...but the show is just pretend......" This generally leads to a 20 minute discussion about what makes it real and pretend! If you have a better explanation for the world, please call my son and share it with him.....he's wearing me out!!

Kale's other new thing is telling jokes. We bought a box of Popsicles that had jokes on the sticks a while back, and every time he eats one he wants to know what the joke says. I tell him (for instance, the last one he got said, "Why did the computer squeak?.....Somebody stepped on it's mouse.") and he gives me a confused smile as a chuckle to myself. Well, since he doesn't actually get any of the jokes, he thinks telling a joke is just asking a silly question and giving a silly answer (none of which make sense). Let me give you a few from his routine:

"Why did the frog wear a hat?"......"Because he saw a dinosaur!"

"Why did the cattail cross the road?"......."Because it ran into the blinds!"

"Why do dinosaurs walk on plants?....."Because they walked on dinosaurs!"

See what I mean? They make no sense at all! Consider yourself forewarned so that next time he tells you a joke you can laugh hysterically......even if it doesn't make sense :)