Conversation with a three year old
Carter and I have some great conversations with each other in the car on the way home from daycare. I get to catch up with him and find out how his day went, who he played with, if he shared his toys, and some other very random topics of Carter’s choice. I love hearing the stories he comes up with (he is nonstop talking the whole way home) and I look forward to our chats every day.
Yesterday, as we passed by the airport grounds, a low flying plane caught his eye and we started talking about airplanes and our upcoming Florida trip to Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin’s house in January.
Me: “Carter, after Christmas we’re going to fly on an airplane to see Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin. We’re going to fly all the way to Florida!”
Carter: “How are we going to do that?”
Me: “Well, we will drive to the airport and then get on the airplane and the plane will fly us to Florida.”
Carter: Long pause. “When I get on the plane I want to push some buttons.”
Me: “What buttons do you want to push?”
Carter: “NOT the red button.”
Me: “Why? What does the red button do?”
Carter: “If we push the red button, then we will fall to our house.”
Me: “No, nobody will fall out of the plane. We will be safe.”
Carter: “When I get on the plane I want to see some directions.” (Pronounced Dur-ect-chuns)
Me: “Directions? Directions for what?”
Carter: “So we know how to get there. How do we get there?”
Me: “Well, the pilot knows the exact route to Florida and he will get us there.”
Carter: “I still want to see the directions. I also want to go to the bathroom on the plane. They have a bathroom and a sink and a door.”
Me: “You seem to know a lot about planes.”
Carter: “Yeah, I do."
It should be an interesting trip in January!
7 comments:
What a great conversation about planes. I stand by my position that a verbal child is the biggest joy in the world. Thank goodness for Carter's vocabulary and his inclination to share. I can't wait to hear what he says when he gets here in January following his plane ride. Don't let him push any buttons!
Love, Grandma B.
Especially the RED button!!!
Directions are great and happen to be very important in air travel.
Sometimes you only hear the truth from young kids and drunks.
This is such a great post! I loved reading about your conversation. Don't you just love chatting with them now?
Tell Carter it is HIS job to figure out the directions and give them to the pilot, turn by turn. : )
Yes, never the red button!
Thanks for the laugh.
If you fly Northwest-Carter should give directions-you don't want to end up in Key West.
Have a great vacation in the sunny south.
GiGi
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