Between the Sheets November 22, 2005
Posted by spacemom in : Kids , 5 commentsA discussion between Soleil and I last night after Daddy put her to bed.
"Mommy? Why are dinosaurs mean?"
"Why do you think they are mean?"
"Because they eat other dinosaurs"
"That doesn’t mean they are MEAN, that just means they eat animals. Do you remember what Simba wanted to eat?"
"A zebra"
"Right, does that mean Simba is mean to the zebras?"
"No, mommy,he’s just hungry"
"Right, same with the dinosaurs"
…silence
"Mommy?"
"yes Babe"
"Why did dinosaurs eat people?"
"Dinosaurs didn’t eat people. They died, became extinct, long before people were around"
"oh. Why did people come later?"
"That’s hard to explain. Can you trust me on that one?"
"OK"….silence
"Mommy?"
"yes, Sol"
"Why were there no parking lots when there were dinosaurs?"
"They didn’t have cars"
"But they might have had cars"
"They didn’t Soleil. Don’t most dinosaurs have 4 legs and no arms?"
"But Mommy, they could STAND on the back legs and drive with their front legs"
"They could have, but they didn’t"
"Why didn’t dinosaurs have cars?"
"They weren’t that smart, Sol."
"Mommy?"
"yes babe?"
"Why were the dinosaurs not smart?"
"Because they had tiny little heads with tiny little brains and they didn’t sleep when their mommies told them to. Goodnight baby! Sleep tight"
Have I mentioned she’s 3 and a half?
