Lucien [4 yrs]: Mom, when I get a little bit older, Daddy is going to get me a baby gun.
Me: You mean a BB gun?
Lucien: No Mom, a Bay-bee gun (said very slowly for people who need extra help). It's the most dangerous kind of gun there is.
Lucien (3 yrs): Mom, do Nana and Grandpa have a Mommy and Daddy?
Me: Yes
Lucien: Where are they? Are they Dead?
Me: Yes
Lucien: Why?
Me: Well, when people get really old, they die
Lucien: Are you old?
Lucien (3 yrs): Mom, how do you make a diamond?
Me: well it starts with a lump of coal, and then extreme pressure turns it into a diamond
Lucien:My Daddy is really strong, he could make a diamond
Me: well, no human is strong enough to make a diamond
Lucien: Well Mom, I can [forms "v" with 2 fingers, than "v" with 2 other fingers and inverts to make a diamond]
Me: What would you like for Breakfast?
Lucien (3 years): How about Blueberry pie?
Me: We don't have any blueberry pie
Lucien : I KNOW that, but... you could make one [smile & tilted head with knowing head nod] Right, mom?
I got called back to Lucien's bed to be told something very important...
Lucien (2 1/2yrs old):"Mom, something is missing from our house."
Me: "Oh? What's that?"
Lucien [in a very serious tone]: "Did you know we don't have ANY cupcakes here?"
Lucien (3 years): Mom, want to see my mean face?
Me: Sure
Lucien: [making mean face] Mom, see how I have one eyebrow up? Isn't that cool? Mom say "how did you do that?"
Me: How did you do that?
Lucien: first I do this [gritting teeth] then I just do this [lifting eyebrow] [smug look of satisfaction & a head nod]
Me: Why did you make that face?
Lucien (3 years): Never-mind. I said Never-mind mom, that means you don't ask again. Those are the rules of Never-mind.
Lucien (3 yrs): Mom, Do you know what a shooting star is?
Me: Yes; Do you?
Lucien: It's a star that SHOOTS across the sky, and sometimes the moon ATTACKS it, and then you can't see the shooting star because it's hiding
Lucien (3yrs): What instruments do we have in our house?
Me: We have a piano, drums, a tambourine
Lucien: We have another one too
Me: what's that?
Lucien: It's a straight line, with a circle on the end and you blow on it like this [puffing cheeks and blowing] and it makes music
me: you mean a whistle?
Lucien: yeah we have one of those too
so this morning when we are leaving for daycare... Lucien (3yrs): Mom, I'm going to ride my green monster truck to school, I know the way
Me: no
Lucien: (3yrs) I'll follow your car, so I'll be safe, don't worry. My monster truck is much faster than cars, so cars can't squish me.