Conversations

It was only a few blogs ago that I proclaimed my love for conversing with Luke and voila! we have already hit some pretty large and interesting topics after his return.

On Finance
Luke and I were playing hide-and-seek with Fuzz (his constant bear companion) this afternoon, where Luke hid Fuzz and I had to pull it out (make that a million times). On our third round, I tussled on Fuzz's ears a bit too hard and here's my lesson on finance.

L: Don't do that, his ears may come off!!
Me: Oops. Sorry.
L: If you break Fuzz, it will cost a lot of money to get another Fuzz, and also, it won't be the same. (Lesson: what you tell you kid will always come back to haunt you.)
Me: Wow. That's serious. How much will it cost me?
L: A LOT. You don't want to know.
Me: (oh yeah?) OK, won't do that again.

On Theology
(or backfired theology)
We've been reading the book of Genesis, and Luke got really stuck on the idea that God literally made EVERYTHING (well, in a way God did, but let's not belabor the point here). This is a conversation on the topic at tonight's dinner.

L: Mom, you know why our condo is so small? (We currently live in a smaller development with not so many residents in it)
Me: Why?
L: Because God made it small. God made Symphony Heights very big and He made Cavendish Park very small. That's why.

In my attempt to balance his understanding on divine intervention and human responsibility, I said,

Me: Well, God created all of us and give us creativity. So we use our creativity to make and design things. The people who design buildings are architects, and they use their creativity to build big and small condos, and it just happened that Daddy and Mommy picked a small one for us to live in.
L:.................(looked confused)

After dinner, I pulled out my King Arthur Baker's companion to plan what to bake for Luke's last day of school's coffee morning. Luke saw pictures of different types of bread in the book and remarked,

L: Wow, so many bread! God made all of them.

Again, attempting to reinforce theological balance in him, I said,

Me: Well, yeah. God made bakers and gave them creativity to make all kinds of bread. The people who bake these breads are called bakers.
L: Oh, I see. (From his expression seemed like a lightbulb went on.) So, what do you call those people who make the animals?
Me:...................(it's late and I really don't want to get into all this!)

On Love
After all that strenuous discussion of larger-than-life topics, this is my favorite at the end of the day.

L: Mama, I'm so happy to be home from America because I can be with you again. I really love you.
Me: Aw.....I love you, too!