Thursday, August 9, 2007

Vegas Baby!!!

I have to quick write this down so I don't forget. Here is as much as I can remember of my conversation with Hannah this morning on our walk as we passed a possum that had been hit by a car and was lying on the side of the road.

Hannah: What is that mommy?
Mommy: a possum
H: what's wrong with it?
M: it got hit by a car and killed?
H: Why?
M: Cuz it ran out in the street.
H: Why?
M: Cuz it wasn't paying attention.
H: Why can't it move?
M: Cuz it's dead?
H: Are it's legs okay?
M: No, it's dead. It's legs aren't working.
H: What happened to it?
M: It got hit by a car?
H: Why?
M: Cuz
H: Maybe daddy can help it, we need to tell him.
M: Okay.
H: What happened to the car?
M: I don't know.
H: many more questions about the same.
M: many more answers about the same.

Then we got on the topic of the possums mom and dad.

H: Where is it's mom and dad?
M: they're gone.
H: why?
M: Cuz animal mom and dads let their babies go.
H: Why?
M: cuz that's how God wants it.
H: What happened to the possum?
M: it got it by a car Hannah.
H: Why did the mommy and daddy leave?
M: cuz animal moms and dads don't stay with their babies. Like we have Buckeye, but we don't know where her mom and dad are (or her tail for that matter).
H: Why
M: I don't know Hannah that's just how it is.
H: why (no kidding she asked a million questions)
M: cuz hannah that is how animal mommys and daddys are.
H: Where is the possum's mommy and daddy?
M: THEY WENT TO LAS VEGAS HANNAH!
H: okay

I am not lying. After that she hasn't asked another question!!!

2 comments:

Bill and Paige said...

Did they win any money in vegas?
Did they get married in vegas?

caxline said...

Why Vegas?

I am no parenting expert...but shouldn't you be shielding your precious gift from horrible things like death???