A normal conversation with Gabe.....

Everyday it just amazes me what my kids come up with and what conversations we have with each other. Most of our talking is done in the van while I am trying to concentrate on driving and am not too quick on my feet with answers. Gabriel is by far the most amusing since he is old enough to try and really understand hard concepts, all the while I am having to keep answers simple enough for him to understand. So here is today's conversation on the way to karate today.


After all of his sisters are screaming at each other Gabe pipes up

Gabe: Mom how come Jesus didn't give me a baby brother like I want?

Me: Well Gabe, Jesus knows whats best for us, you are very lucky to have three little sisters.

Gabe: Maybe mom, at least I have Hank and Tater.

Gabe: Mom if God made people and he made a boy first how did there get to be so many people on planet earth?

Me: Well Adam was lonely so god made a girl named Eve and she was his wife.

Gabe: Oh so every boy has to have some girl around..... Was Adam a president?

Me: Kind of he was in charge of all the animals and the place where he lived, but not like our president.

Gabe: Did he live in America?

Me: No he lived by Isreal

Gabe: Is that by Wyoming? ( Geography is a very difficult concept for six year olds I have learned.)

Me: No we will look at a map when we get home it is across the ocean.

Gabe: Ok mom. Is Isweal by the bad guys that the marines go get across the ocean?

Me: Kind of we will look at a map when we get home.

Gabe: I KNOW mom, but I need to know if when I am a Marine if I am going to the place Adam lived.

Me: No Gabe probably not we will look at a map when we get home.

Gabe: So it is across the ocean right? Is it by Grandpa Jeff's ocean?

Me: No Gabe it is on the other side very far away.

Gabe: Does Grandpa Jeff live by the scary ocean like on the fishing show? ( Deadliest Catch just so you know)

Me: No honey that is a different ocean, we will look at the map when we get home.

Gabe: Are we going to Grandpa Jeff's ocean someday?

Me: Someday, hopefully maybe in a year or two.

Gabe: Ok how many days is that.

Me: Maybe when you are seven or eight.

Gabe: I hope we can leave my sisters at Grandma and papa's if we have to drive that far. ( sigh )

Me: I hope you all sleep the whole way, now get your Karate clothes on, its almost time to go in.

In a 10 minute drive we covered a lot of topics!