Last night, as we drove by the McDonald's near our home, my youngest daughter spoke up:
"Dad, did you know that yellow makes you hungry?"
"It does?" This was interesting!
"Yes. I just saw yellow, and now I'm hungry. Yellow MAKES you hungry." I was certain it was actually the McDonald's signs that made her hungry, but I thought I'd get her at her own game. I had a follow-up question.
"Really? What does blue do?"
Without hesitation, she answered "It makes you have to go to the bathroom!"
"Who told you all of this?" I asked.
"I just figured it out myself," she replied in her matter-of-fact, seven year-old certainty.
Impressive.
"Actually, one of the choir kids told me about yellow, but it's true." Well, OK, at least she figured out blue all by herself.
"What does black do?" I asked, figuring I'd go through the list of basic colors.
"I don't know", she answered back.
"How about brown?"
"Nope. Don't know."
"What other colors DO you know?"
"Um, just yellow and blue, I guess."
"Oh." I was disappointed. I figured there was an interesting and informative post in here somewhere.
"WAIT!" She said from the back seat. "I know what red is!!!"
"What?" I asked.
"It's love. That's it. Red is love."
And so it is.
Very profound. It's a good thing you are capturing these deep revelations! :)
I miss my son being young and having these types of thoughts out loud.
Posted by: kaylen | February 14, 2009 at 03:42 PM