Dreams

Eli getting ready for bed.

Mama: Ok, go ahead to sleep and dream something fun.

Eli: Uh, mama I don't make up the dreams; my brain makes up the dreams!

The Bleeding Worm: Fathers Day 2011

Let me preface this story by saying that Eli is extremely sensitive to animals and not hurting them. Over the Father’s Day weekend, we took the boys camping for the first time. Joe also took Eli fishing.

Daddy: Eli did great. He did a good job casting.

Mama: That’s great.

Eli: Yeah, the worm was bleeding. It was because of the hook.

Mama: (In my head, “Oh man, I didn’t think about that.”) Oh, really.

Eli: Yes, but that’s ok because I threw the worm in the water. It will wash off the blood and help him heal. The water is like a Band-Aid.

Mama: (Yeah, I am not going to tell him the truth at this point.) Yes, the water will wash the blood away. That’s  a good point.

Eli: Yeah, I saw it right after I threw it in and the blood was gone. It had already started healing.

You Can’t Fool Me

Before Eli’s Pre-K graduation, Joe and I were speaking with Eli’s primary teacher, Cindy.

Kathryn: Joe and I are hoping Eli acts like he is supposed to!!

Cindy: Laughs. I was speaking with the children before the parents arrived telling them that they needed to be on their best behavior. I told them that if they didn’t graduate from Pre-K, they couldn’t go to kindergarten.

Kathryn and Joe: Laugh!

Cindy: All the children were looking at me scared at the thought except for one. That one speaks up and says “Miss Cindy, that’s not true. My mama has already taken me to my new school and signed me up for kindergarten.”

Kathryn: Laughs!  Too funny! Who said that??

Cindy: (With a look that said REALLY) Eli. He was not fooled by my bluff!

Ballet

Eli: Mom, can you sign me up for ballet?

Mama: (having no clue where this is going) Well, let me check into it. I don’t know where they offer ballet.

Eli: Ok

Mama: Why do you want to take ballet?

Eli: (again with that Eli grin) So I can be the prince!!

T-Ball Game or Eli Game

Our neighbor, Sarah, came to Eli’s t-ball game the other day. I was on the field as a first base coach. Eli was in the dugout waiting to bat and was talking to Taylor (his newest love interest). This was the story that Sarah told.

Eli: How old are you?

Taylor: Seven. How old are you?

Eli: Six.

Taylor: You’re not six.

Eli: (With that Eli grin) Well, how old do I look then?

I like meeting new people

Heading to a birthday party for a little girl in Eli’s class.

Mama:  Are you ready to go to Lanie’s party?

Eli: Yes. Mama, why do we keep going to parties of people I know?

Mama: Because we know them.  Whose party would we go to?

Eli: I want to go to people’s party that I don’t know so I can meet new people.

Eli was once a dog in another life

Eli: What happens when you die?

Mama: What do you mean?

Eli: What happens to your body?  Where do you go?

Mama:  Well, different people believe different things.  Some people believe your body stays on earth but your soul goes to heaven; some people believe that nothing happens, you just go away; and others believe that you are reincarnated as something else.

Eli:  Reincarnated??

Mama:  It means that you come back as something else.  Like an animal or a tree.

Eli: I was a dog before I was Eli.

Mama:  Really?

Eli:  Yes, I would sit around and bark at other dogs.  I would eat food.  But then, I got sick and died.