Demfinitely Houses Are Maded

 

Photo from this site.

Yesterday in the car Luke and I were talking about the difference between things that are natural and things that are made by people. As we drove along he called out the names of things he could see: "The road!"

"People build roads," I said.

"The trees!" he said.

"They're just there. They're part of nature. They grow out of the ground," I said.

"Wires! Pylons! Grass!" he called out. And I explained that wires and pylons were made by people and that grass was part of nature.

There was a silence. Then:

"Demfinitely houses are maded," he said. And then he started laughing. "Imagine little houses growing out of the ground!"

I explained that actually, people buy house seeds at the hardware store and plant them on suitable plots of land. When we got home, I showed him these pictures as proof. (Okay, no, I didn't.)

Comments

[Perfectly Disgraceful]

Just wait until you read him "Little House on Plum Creek" where they live in the dugout.

[Lisa]

There's a good blog post idea: Lies you've told your children for fun just to see their reactions. I can think of a couple, at least.

[Loth]

You have WAY more restraint than I do - if I had come up with a brilliant lie to tell my children like that, I totally would have.

And I really want one of those houses.

[victoria]

cannot tell you how much i adore this

beyond words

[Genevieve]

Do you know the book "Great Lies to Tell Small Kids," by Andy Riley? It's extremely funny: includes such things as "Policemen grow from helments overnight" and "It's unlucky not to name every ant you see - for the rest of your life."