Kids.
They’ve got an answer for everything, haven’t they? Except it’s rarely the answer you’d expect.
For example, there are the questions that obviously I should have known the answer to without even asking the question:
Me: Flea, why are your toy cars lined up on the stairs for me to fall over?
Flea: Because they’re waiting to start the race
Or:
Me: Flea, why is the towel on the floor in the kitchen?
Flea: Because I was giving the Power Ranger a bath before the battle.
And:
Me: Flea, why is your scooter on top of the washing machine?
Flea: It’s resting.
Then there are the answers I defy anyone to explain or understand since they come from the mind of a five-year-old:
Me: Flea, why are you making that noise?
Flea: Because there’s a mad banana in the sky.
Sometimes there are answers that are – frankly – a little worrying:
Flea: I love your arm best of all, Mummy.
Me: Why’s that, then?
Flea: Because every time I see you, I just want to bite it off.
And then there's my favourite answer from this week – the one that explains the expression being made in the photo at the top of this post:
Me: Why are you making that face?
Flea: Because you said ‘sausages’ and now I am alive with joy, Mummy.
Aw, that is the cutest thing! How wonderful to be alive with joy over anything, but especially sausages! Love her.
Oh I love sausages too. And you have to love the workings of a child’s mind!
hahahaha that made me laugh out loud on a saturday morning when ive been up to early with my son and i am full of cold and no-voice !!
Damn. We have no sausages.
‘Because you said ‘sausages’ and now I am alive with joy, Mummy.’
I love it, they are wonderful things children and I love it when they say things like this!!
Sausages have that effect on me too!
Thats brilliant! Shame we have to grow up!
WOW your girl is AWESOME!
Can I adopt her ?
Quite right, too. Everyone should be alive with joy about something. And why not sausages?
I was going to say we’re a bit sausage household, but you’d probably take that the wrong way, wouldn’t you?
Oh, good! hope you feel better soon .
Ah. Sorry about that.
I know, it’s what makes them fun every day, isn’t it?
Then you must take a photo Helen.
Says who?
I know. She really, really is.
No, but perhaps you could borrow her on Sunday mornings so I can have a longer lie-in?
She’s adorable! My two step kids say the funniest things… I’m tempted to start a blog capturing them all!
How eloquent and hilarious!