Conversations with the Kids: Happy

I know my last post probably had you expecting something exciting to read, but my writing momentum is currently going to other projects, outside this dear old blog.  This dear old blog will likely stay just as it is, with perhaps more poetry, as the mood strikes, for good measure.

In the mean time, here are some snippets from recent conversations I remembered to write down:

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Søren is helping me unload all the food we have stashed in the stroller onto the cashier's conveyor belt, talking about the items as he places them, "...two types of mayonnaise that don't have any soy..." (but, off the record, still have oils I wish we could avoid).  The cashier laughs, and I laugh, realizing I am teaching my kids far more about food that I had intended (yet). 

The cashier asks Søren, "So, what is your favorite food?"

Søren, without blinking, "Bananas"

Me, and the cashier, "Really?"

Søren, "Yep, bananas"

The cashier, "If you could buy absolutely anything in the store, sweet, salty, savory, anything at all, what would it be?"

Søren, "Um..." then his eyes get wide, "RAISINS!"

The cashier, "Wow.  Bananas and raisins, huh?  Those are good favorites."

Me, "Ignorance is bliss!"

Cashier, "Keep it up!"

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Søren, playing with Penelope on the floor, looks up at me and declares, "We used to live without Penny!  She was just in your belly." pause, "And we used to live when she wasn't even in your belly!"

Me, "I know!  And we were happy then!  But now you have a little sister."

Søren, "And so now we're MORE happy!"

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Søren and Elliot are enjoying a snack of raisins on the floor together. 

Søren, puts one on his upper lip and says, "Look a mustache!"

Elliot, balances one on his upper lip and shouts, "No, look at this, a NOSEstache!" and then dissolves into laughter at how funny he is.