~Art Conversations~

Me: "Wow, I love this flower picture you did, sweetie!"

Eamon: "Those aren't flowers."

Me: "Oh. Um, well, can you tell me about your drawing then...?"

Eamon: "It's a picture of flying guys w/ no arms."

Me: "What?!  Ok, I guess I can see that for the drawing on the left but this one on the right is clearly the petals of a flower."

Eamon: "Those aren't flower petals. That's one flying guy exploding, mom!"

Marti: <stunned silence>

Mark: "Oh, yeah, I can see the body parts flying off in different directions! Nice work, son!"

Marti: <More stunned silence>

Mark: "It's a guy thing, babe."



Flower or flying/exploding guys? You be the judge!

(Please note that due to the light color of the crayons not showing up in the scan, I had to photocopy it very dark and then trace his drawings using dark markers but otherwise, everything is as he drew it)

~Conversations with Dad~

<After Mark telling Eamon that we'll need to do some cleaning tonight and tomorrow>

Eamon: "Why do I have to help?"

Mark: "Because your Meema's coming and she'll beat us w/ a stick if the place is dirty."

Eamon: "She will not!"

Mark: "Ok, she won't beat you with a stick b/c she loves you. But she'll beat me."

Eamon: "Cool!"

Mark: "You want her to beat me w/ a stick?"

Eamon: "Yes!"

~London Conversations~

While discussing Eamon's plans for a dollar he found in his pocket this morning

Eamon: "I'm going to put this dollar in my London bank so we can go to London! What's in London anyway?"

Mark: <in a rush to get ready> "It's just a city in England."

Me: "It's a very famous city with lots of stuff to see and do."

Eamon: "It's famous?  Well, I'm famous too."

Me: "You are?"

Eamon: "Yeah, that blog about me? Now I'm famous." ;)

~Almost-Summer Conversations~

<While discussing that summer is right around the corner>

Eamon: "I don't know why some people like summer."

Me: "Umm, a lot of people like summer b/c they go swimming, get out of school, you know, stuff like that?"

Eamon: "People that like summer must have forgotten about the mosquitoes b/c then they wouldn't like summer if they remembered the mosquitoes."

~Mealtime Conversations~

For letting me have an hour of uninterrupted yoga time, I told Eamon we could go to Moe's for dinner.  And on the way, this is what we discussed...

Me: "Are you ready to have some Moe's tonight?"

Eamon: "It's not nighttime.  It's still daylight."

Me: "Well, yes, but it's 5:30 so that's tonight, evening, dinnertime, whatever!"

Eamon: "Dinnertime?! But I never had lunch yet!"

Me: "Yes, you did! Remember the chicken, potatoes, spinach, and bell pepper?"

Eamon: "Oh, yeah... But you never gave me breakfast!"

Me: "I did too! Don't you remember the peanut butter sandwhich and milk?"

Eamon: "Oh, right."

Me: "And before you start about in-between meals, let me remind you about all the snacks you had!  There was the pasta and the Gogurt and the salami and the pretzels and..."

Eamon: "And lemonade!"

Me: "You had lemonade too? Wow..."

~Missing Dog Conversations~

<While looking for our two dogs who went AWOL during the storm last night...>

Eamon: "This is the worst day ever!"

Me: "Wait, you said yesterday was the worst day ever."

Eamon: "What? No..."

Me: "Yeah, during the storm you said it was the worst day ever."

Eamon: "Oh, right, right. Well, this one is too.

~One of Our Weirder Conversations About Dogs~

Eamon: "Mommy, the dogs keep licking me!"

Me: "Well, they must think you tast good."

Eamon, "No, they don't 'cuz they're made of meat, just like me."

Me: "Okayyyy...??"

Eamon: "They're not tasting me when they lick me, they're giving me kisses."