A 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?
Oh man I SO love reading the convo’s you have with Soleil. She’s such a hoot!!!
Wow, you hung in there much longer than I would have. You must have the mommy patience gene. Wonder if I’ll magically get that gene when the adoption papers are signed? If not, someone had better get me one at my baby shower. *grin*
Very cute way to wrap up the conversation, by the way. Cracked me up!
Mary-Mia:
Don’t worry. I was such not a “kid” person when I became a mom. the patience will come!
Too cute. “Deep Thoughts” by Soleil.
That is a wonderful memory for you to keep, Nance! Love it – she is precious. I’d love to have her and Liam in a room together one day. I can imagine it, yet I can’t, LOL!