One of my favorite things to do is figure out how Eli's mind works. If you have or had a 3-year-old, you know what I mean. 3-year-olds think about things very logically, carefully and literally. It is hysterical to watch that process. Here are some examples, but of course, there are thousands more that I can't remember:
Turning leaves into gold
Eli said he wanted to save his money so that he could go to Africa. This has been a theme for some time -- he wants to see lions, elephants, cheetahs and giraffes.
I told him he had to save a lot of money because it is very expensive to fly to Africa.
Eli: But how will I make money? Will I go to work with Dadda?
Mama: No. You could do things like mow people lawns or rake their leaves when you get bigger.
Eli: Yeah! I can do that!
Long pause.
Eli: Cuz why, we make money out of leaves?
Turning Ewan into a grown-up
Eli got a magnifying glass from his Grandma last month. In the bathroom one morning, he held it up to Ewan.
Mama: Oh, does Ewan look bigger?
Eli: Yes! He looks like a grownup!
A sheep joke
In the car, on our way up to the Oregon Zoo, Ewan is babbling loudly in the backseat: babababaabaababa.
Eli: We should leave baby at a farm.
Mama is about to say, "That's not very nice Eli!"
Instead Mama says: Why?
Eli: Cuz why, he is a sheep!
Animals for eating versus animals for everything else
For several weeks, Eli was very interested in categorizing animals into the ones we eat and the ones we don't eat.
Eli: Do we eat sea turtles?
Mama: No.
Eli: Oh right, cuz why we would break our teeth on their hard shells!
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