As I’ve said it in earlier posts, and I promise to some day write about my other children, Cole has a mind all his own. Throughout the course of a 24 hour period, including the time we all sleep, plus the 8 hours we’re separated by school and work, so technically about 7 hours a day, Cole constantly asks questions. He has such a curious mind. He is always thinking and he is always wanting answers. I am sometimes shocked by what he asks and sometimes find my self laughing outloud, but by the end of the day, I can’t remember any of his questions or statements. So I decided to write down everything he asked and/or stated that was informative or inquiring in a 24 hour period….. or 7 hours. This doesn’t include just regular talking. Add that in, and I have a four page post. Granted I have scratch notes written on everything from post-its to napkins; it’s whatever I could grab at the time. This is also more for Jake and I to be able to look back on…. but if you want some mild humor during a work day, then read on.
Also, these questions were asked, mostly, back-to-back, one after another while riding in the car or bathing in the bath tub or eating dinner. If they sound random and unrelated, that’s how they sound when they’re coming out of his mouth. Everything below is his words, except for some of our’s in parenthesis.
How did dinosaurs travel?
What kind of dinosaurs like people?
What kind of dinosaurs were there?
Were there houses when dinosaurs were here?
What about barns?
Was that house over there here when the dinosaurs were here?
Do you know T-Rex?
You know, if you take the size of T-Rex’s foot and go all the way up to the sky, that’s how tall he was.
How did dinosaurs die?
I know the poison number to call.
Why do alligators like dirty water?
I know what you need to survive: Food, water, shelter, and bo-log-na…. belongings, which is your family. Belongings are your family.
Is God like a human? How does God hear what I say?
Does God have more power than Jesus?
Who was Jesus’ real dad besides God? (Joseph on Earth)… Yeah, and he’s dead.
I wish we still had the orange tv thingy that had Batman on it. Why did you sale it? You know the one in our old house that had the orange light and Batman was on it…. (he remembered the old satellite receiver with the orange light, not blue, that I had Batman recorded. He was barely 2 when we moved…)
Do I have to go to school everyday?
I’m done with this school thang.
You know when you flush the toilet the water goes down into the ground and out into the woods for the plants to drink.
When everyone leaves the Earth will they all go to Heaven?
How will they all fit?
Do animals go to Heaven? I bet Papaw is playing with Hambone.
Why do we drink cow’s milk?
I’m pretty sure I didn’t write down everything he asked in this period because most of the questions he asked while I was driving I had to try to remember until I could get home to write them down. Some of these questions seem common if not relevant to certain situations. But what is humorous about Cole’s questions is that they are asked completely out of context. The toilet question, while we’re eating; the Heaven question while we’re in the car and the milk question while he’s going to bed. If it’s in his mind, and everything is, he’s going to mention it. I was putting him to bed the other night (not the day I was writing down things) and he was asking me questions (that I now forgot). I finally told him, “Cole, stop talking, it’s time to go to sleep, now tell your brain to stop thinking.” He said, “I can’t stop thankin!”
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This is an amazing post, Little Girl!! Yes, we have a very special little angel in CoCo.. 🙂
Love you, Momma