Mr. 'How come?'

>> Monday, May 25, 2009

Austin has officially entered a new phase -- the 'how come?' phase.

How come is his version of why. I don't know why he says how come instead of why, but he does. And he says it for EVERYTHING.

A typical conversation with Austin these days, goes something like this:

Me: Austin, put on your shoes please it's time to go.

Austin: How come?

Me: Because we're going to the Early Years Centre now. (Me knowing full well that I told him this three times already.)

Austin: How come?

Me: Because we're going to go play with the kids there.

Austin: How come?

Me: Because you like playing with the kids and it's fun.

Austin: How come?

Me: (Frustrated at this point) Just put on your shoes and let's go!

Austin: How come?

Not all conversations are as circular as that. In many cases he's asking very intelligent 'how come' questions. The other day, he asked me how come there was thunder when it was raining and how come the fire truck was driving fast with its sirens on. The problem with these intelligent questions, is sometimes I can answer them, and other times I realize I have no idea! Seriously, I can't remember what makes thunder and someone please tell me the simplest way to explain to him why airplanes don't fall out of the sky. They're classic, 'why is the sky blue? questions'.

My typical answer to the I don't know questions, are "Let's go look it up".

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Hail storm

>> Tuesday, May 12, 2009

I just wanted to share some crazy pictures with you.

On Saturday morning, around 9:30 a.m., we were all standing at the front window watching the storm because Austin was curious about the noise he heard (thunder) and we were trying to explain it to him. Suddenly, this started happening:

It's hard to get a grasp on the size from these pictures, but they started out at about the size of peas, and then suddenly there was loonie-sized hail falling from the sky. Thankfully, the only thing that was damaged were my tulips.

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