1. Is today tomorrow? Is it tomorrow today?
Luke was interested in knowing about when we were going to visit a particular place and he asked when we were going. I told him we were going tomorrow. The next day, as he wondered if it was NOW the time to visit the place, he asked me "Is today tomorrow? Is it tomorrow today?". Try answering that question!
2. "This is NOT a ferry!"
We were in Seattle and planned to visit one of the Islands the next day. I told Luke of our plans and said to him that "A ferry will take us to the Island" (he asked how we would get there). He was very excited about this and was super excited about it - which surprised me. When we boarded the ferry I asked him what he through about the ferry taking us to the Island. He immediately lost his cool and was adamant that we were not being taken by a ferry to the Island.
It took me a few minutes, but then I figure out that he thought I meant that a FAIRY would be taking us to the Island, not a FERRY. So when a magical winged creature failed to take us, he was upset!
3. Do I have a diaper on?
When Luke we were trying to potty train Luke, I would get very frustrated with him because he KNEW when he had to go. But, using logic he figured he didn't need to use a potty. Why? Because he had a diaper on.
It would go like this:
Luke (walks into a room I am in): Daddy, do I have a diaper on?
Ross: Yes, you do.... (wondering to myself why he's asking)
Luke:
Ross: Did you just pooh!?!?!
Luke: Yes. Can you change me?
Ross: Why didn't you go in the potty if you knew you had to pooh!?!?
Luke: Because I had a diaper on (in a tone that indicates he thinks my question was stupid)
4. Animal Doctor
Recently Luke had an ear infection so we were in a taxi (in Krakow) on our way to the doctor. While in the back of the taxi Luke was looking out the window and he said:
Luke: What happens if animals get sick?
Ross: Well, if they someone's pet then they would go to an animal doctor, called a veterinarian.
Luke: (looking back out the window as he ponders this answer) Is the animal doctor an animal?
Ross: Do you mean, is the animal doctor ALSO an animal, like a horse or dog?
Luke: (dead serious) Yes. Is it?
5. Ninjas
Luke likes watching certain shows that have Ninjas in them - so he knows that they are dressed all in black with just the a slit for their eyes to see. We visited Turkey (Istanbul) in August 2014 and during our trip we saw many women with a niqab (which is the cloth that covers the face as a part of sartorial hijab).
Luke's (very innocent) observation was "Why are there so many Ninja's in Turkey?"
6. I don't want to be a Lizard
We were having a discussion about what Luke wanted to be when he grew up. He said that he wanted to be a scientist, but that he was worried about being a giant lizard man that would hurt people.
We had no idea how he thought that he would be a lizard just because he was a scientist, until we remembered that a few weeks before he had seen a Spiderman movie. In the movie, a scientist uses lizard DNA to make a potion/formula that would help people with amputated limbs regenerate/grow back.
Luke obviously thought that if he was a scientist, he would ultimately turn into a giant Lizard - a big concern for him as he only wanted to be a "good scientist".
7. Why do people speak Polish here?
We had been living in Poland for about 3 months when Luke innocently asked why people spoke Polish instead of "our language" (yes, it took him 3 months to realize that it seems). I informed him that we were in Poland, and that in Poland people spoke Polish. He casually told me that "I only like to speak our language".
8. Minecraft world
Luke understood the concept of "worlds" in Minecraft and knew that they could create "worlds" and build things in them, play in them etc. He asked me, while playing Minecraft: "Which world do we live in?"
9. This ice is too slippery
In Krakow we would go ice skating every Thursday after school. Luke was obviously just learning to skate but he did really well each week. One day he was falling more than usual and he commented that "this ice is too slippery today". Somehow he thought that the ice at the indoor rink was more slippy that day than other days.
10. Wisdom of a 4 year old
Luke was approaching his 5th birthday and he overheard Annette and I talking about packing for a trip, paying bills, organizing things etc, and I guess he realized that being a grown-up required more work and responsibility than he wanted. So, he said to me "I don't want to be 5, I just want to stay 4 because it's fun being 4. I want to be 4 forever".
Smart kid. I said I'd like to be 4 too and so he has committed to making a "potion" to make me young when he is a scientist. And also a "money potion". Gotta love how he thinks!
