Five Year Old Wisdom

Two comments from Ben in recent days have left me chuckling. First, he's starting to understand sarcasm and giving it a go every now and then. Case in point: our parking lot rule requires hand holding while anyplace that a car could be driven. So, generally this means one of us will walk him to his car door, holding hands all the while, and let go once he's safely there. This week, we were in a pretty empty lot and he asked if he could get in while I put Ry in his carseat. I gave it a look and said he could go around the car and hop in - which he promptly and safely did without incident. Once in the car, he said, "Look, Mama, I didn't die!" Then he laughed. Stinker.

He also, from time to time, makes observations about the world - sometimes they're pretty astute. For instance, this week he told me that it was good to be a boy. When I asked why, he said it's because girl's bras have wire in them and they are not comfortable. Too true, too true.