Autumn Equinox, 2013

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Happy eighth birthday, Elias.

Also, a little bit of wisdom from a few days ago: "Why would you want someone to die? That seems like an act of jerkacy."

"If I become president, I'm going to outlaw money. No one can have it."

"I like being silly, not ridiculous."

Elias and I celebrated a quiet Children's Day on Sunday - we went to see Iron Man 3, then walked up through NE back to the house, stopping briefly at Green Bean to pick up a copy of The 39 Clues, a new series of books that he's been very excited about lately. All in all, a very pleasant end to a very beautiful week.

"The first time I got knee-kicked, it was in the wiener."

Photo Drop: March 2013

Every question that Elias asked me today

"Can I look at more pictures of when I was a baby?"

"Can I watch something?"

"Do we have any breakfast?"

"Now what, Daddy?"

"Can I hug you?"

"When are we going to go downstairs?"

"Why does it feel like you've only gone to sleep for a second when you go to sleep and then wake up?"

"Can you turn the heat on downstairs?"

"Dadda, where's Mutants & Masterminds upstairs? Can I go get it?"

"Can I get a shortbread cookie?"

"Can I just have some of that bread with butter?"

"What am I getting at lunch?"

"And that's all?"

"Can you tighten my pants?"

"Can I bring this with me?"

"Can you bring that Playmobile? Why not?"

"When was the last time it snowed that it actually sticked?"

"What was your last dream?"

"What is your best dream that you can remember?"

"How did you die?"

"Did you come out of the coffin?"

"Did I tell you about the weird vampire dream I had a while ago?"

"Who is your favorite character in Gremlins?"

"Is he very playful?"

"How is he playful?"

"Can I play outside?"

"Can I play outside when we get home?"

"Did you see this?"

"What is the worst song you've ever heard? Not what they're singing, but the way they're singing."

"What is her voice like? Does she sound like a naked mole rat? Does she sound like a deer?"

"What did you talk about with my mom?"

"I kind of don't like like him. Do you know why?"

"Are you going to plan on doing a little thing that doesn't usually happen?"

"Are you going to play games with any of your friends?"

"Did you know Jean-Paul and Patrick were on the porch?"

"Where's my sword?"

"Hey, we got a new LEGO Club magazine?"

"Daddy, can I become a member?"

"Wait, am I already a member?"

"When does it run out?"

"Dadda, do you want to see the TV show for that?"

"That's kind of a cliffhanger, right?"

The first chapter's called 'Toxic.' Want me to read it to you?"

"What are you reading?"

"What's it about?"

"'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' - what's that mean?"

"Can I tell you just the first episode? It's not actually a chapter book."

"Dad, have you played this?"

"Can I also get one of those egg candies?"

"Can someone help me?"

"Have you heard it?"

"Whose bed?"

"How old is Stan Lee?"

"How old are you?"

"Can I take off my pants?"

"What's this Calvin and Hobbes thing?"

"Daddy, would you want to be friends with a really, really sensitive person? In the way that you would say, 'you're as beautiful as a cupcake,' and they would start crying because they thought you were comparing them to a cupcake?"

Hm.

So, um, Adventure Time, right? Jake the dog and Finn the human? I've only seen a couple of episodes, which I enjoyed very much, but Elias has become a big fan. I'm walking him to school this morning, and he asks, "How are Jake and Finn brothers? I mean, Finn is a human and Jake is a dog."

I mull this over. "Yeah, I don't know. Are they brothers? I haven't seen very much of it."

"Yeah," he replies. "I watched an episode with their dad in it, and the dad was a dog."

We walk in silence for another minute or so, and then he says, "What would happen if a human woman had a baby with a dog? Would it be, like, a human baby with a dog's head?" 

"Uh, no," I answer, desperately trying to keep it together. "See, sometimes different animals can have babies together, but... not dogs and humans."

His face sinks. "Awwww, man!"