"What, exactly, do cows DO all day?" (said as we were driving along a pasture)
"Ummmm... eat grass, walk around and wait to be milked??"
"Well, that's boring. I don't ever want to be a cow."
"Mom? What's 20 plus 20?"
"40."
"40 plus 40?"
"80."
"80 plus 80?"
"160."
"HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?!?!? HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL THOSE NUMBERS?"
"I studied and practiced my numbers until I had them memorized. I had to learn them."
"Mom, do you still do schoolwork like Jordan and I have to?"
"Rylan, there is still so much that I want to learn about... I work at learning new stuff every day."
(long, pondering silence....)
"Mom? Can I be like that someday?"
"What do those people down there do all day?" (said as we drove past the cemetery)
"What???" (said as I snorted lukewarm coffee up my nose...)
"Do they eat?"
"Did we win the Silver War?"
(this took a lot of thinking and gathering of context before I figured out she was talking about the Civil War. Jordan and I had been discussing it in the car, earlier in the day).
"Having a boyfriend is hard work..."
(she's 6)
