4 dead people in the back

Yesterday during the post-school snack moment, my son said, "Mom, if the center of the earth were to explode the only things you would need to fix it are: a couple metal pipes, a guy, a girl, and four dead people in the backseat." I am unsure of the train of thought that lead to this great conversational moment...........I am sure whatever was going on in his mind was awesome though.

Suction cup - the Squid

The other night we took the kids to dinner at a local Mongolian grill. There they had whole squids that you could cook and eat. My son of course was thrilled! He loves sea creatures - so he went and got two squids. He ate one (that he told us tasted like spaghetti), and the other squid got wrapped in a napkin and placed in his pocket. The squid then came home with us. The next day my son spent playing with his new found friend. He named his squid "suction cup". My son and suction cup did everything together. They ate lunch together, jumped on the trampoline together. It was an exciting and fun-filled day. My son also built an obstacle course for suction cup to go through. The course had long tubes that the squid had to pass through - which as my son informed me was an easy task for suction cup seeing as how he has no bones in his body.

Sadly, suction cup the squid (being a luke-warm and dead squid) started to smell. We explained to our son that the squid had to be thrown away. My son started sobbing. How could we throw away his best friend suction cup? He was adamant that we not treat his best friend in such a manner. So, my son went outside in the backyard and found a suitable place to bury suction cup. Now, we have a grave for an already dead squid. We love you suction cup - you will be missed.

Eating Pandas

My son's school had a zoo parade where each child had to do a report on an animal they liked. The children then got to dress up as said animal and then parade around the school for the parents. Of course, my son was a giant Anaconda. While all the other kids were smiling and waiving at their parents, my son was hissing and quickly sticking his tongue in and out of his mouth like a snake. After the parade the parents got to go up and ask the children about their reports. While this was going on, my son was trying to eat the cute little girl next to him who was dressed like a Panda. There is nothing quite like having to tell a mom that, "yes, that is my son who is currently trying to eat your daughter." I will give my son this much.........he was very true to character.

Vinegar

My son told me that he had a terrible nightmare. As he sat at the kitchen table to tell me about it I could tell the dream must of be bad because he was visibly shaken. I asked him to tell me about the dream and he said, "mom it was terrible! I had a dream we ran out of vinegar!" I had no idea that running out of kitchen items could be so terrifying! I hope tonight I don't have a dream about running out of cumin!