Conversations

The other day Tate and I had a couple of conversations, moments apart that went a little like this:

Tate: "Mom, what happened to the flowers?" (I had a vase of flowers on the table)

Me: "I threw them away because they died."

T: "Why did they die?"

Me: "Well, because they were cut and cut flowers don't live as long as the flowers that are still in the ground."

T: "Mom, why do things die?"

Me: "Ummm. Well, because every thing has a life span, and once everything has lived it's life span, then it dies."

T: "Mom, are we going to die?"

Me: "Hmmm. Ummm. Yes. Someday we are going to die."

T: "Mom, why do we have to die?"

Me: (Now I am dying from this conversation) "Just like plants and other animals, we have a life span too."

T: "Mom! We are going to die!" (This statement was made with a scrunched up nose, not scared but more just reassuring himself that this was indeed true.)

Thankfully after this statement, he was done with this conversation. Why couldn't I get asked about where babies come from???

Just a few minutes later we had this little gem:

Me: "Don't touch this, it's hot." (I had just taken a dish out of the oven.)

Tate: "Why mom?"

Me: "Why what?"

Tate: "Why did you say 'don't touch this'?"

Me: "Because I told you: it's hot."

T: "Why is it hot?"

Me: "Because I just took it out of the oven."

T: "Why did you take it out of the oven?"

Me: "Because it was finished cooking."

T: "Why is it finished cooking?" (Is he serious?)

Me: "Because it only needed to cook for a certain time and it was done."

T: "Why did it only need a certain time to cook?" (Oh. MY. GOD this is painful)

Me: "Because the recipe said to cook it for 30 minutes and now it's done."

T: "Why did the recipe say to cook it for 30 minutes?" (Shoot me. Shoot me now.)

Me: "Because that is when the dish is completely cooked through."

T: "Why . . ."

Me: "Tate, do you want to go outside?"

T: "Yeah!!"

Me: Sigh. Thankfully he went with that distraction instead of asking me why he should go outside.

Wow, I love this stage, but seriously, that was probably one of the most painful conversations I have had with him. Bring on the conversations about sex, drugs and death.