Conversations with My Two-Year-Old

This fall I wrote down a series of conversations with my two-year-old that both amazed and entertained me.  These all took place two to three months before his third birthday.  We have had many amazing conversations since then, but at some point even the extraordinary things your child says start to become ordinary when shared on a daily basis, and you fail to write down each individual interaction.  Which is why I am glad to have captured these!

While attending a chapel service.  Andrew is entertaining himself by writing on the little slips of paper for prayer requests.
Andrew:  Can I write your name?
Me:  Sure.
A:  Should I do V and D and N-I-O-Z?
M:  Sure.
A:  Okay!  (Makes a series of scribbles on the paper and hands it to me.)
A (pulling out another paper):  I need another gift card! 

While his siblings are at school.
A:  Mommy, there’s only one boy left in this house.
M:  That’s true.
A:  Mommy, this boy needs to go to school.

Out of the blue, while around the house.
A:  Mommy, I want to do haircut for cats.
M:  You want to give the cats a haircut?
A:  Yeah.
M:  Um…we don’t actually cut kitties’ hair, Hon.
A:  Can we beard them?
M:  BEARD them?
A:  Yeah.
M:  Like…give them beards?
A:  Yeah.
M:  No, I don’t think we can do that, either.

While loading into the car.
A:  Mommy, can I have medicine?
M: No, you’re not sick.  You don’t need medicine.
A:  Medicine for whining.
M:  Medicine for whining?
A:  Yeah.  
M:  I wish, Buddy…I wish. 

Walking to the store.  It is chilly out.
A:  Why is it cold?
M:  It just is.
A:  Is the sun out?
M:  Yes, the sun’s out.  It’s just still cold.
A:  Is it cloudy?
M:  Nope – just cold.
A:  Why?  
M:  Because winter’s coming.
A:  Winter’s coming.
M:  Yup.
(Pause.)
A:  I heard Winter coming.
M:  Did you?
(Pause.)
A (gleefully): I saw Winter’s eyes!
M:  You did?
A:  Yes!  He said, “Hi, I’m Winter!”

A conversation repeated in many iterations this fall, usually in the parking lot of a grocery store.
M:  Okay, Andrew, it’s time to get out of the car.
A:  Why?
M:  Because we need to go in the grocery store and get a few things.
A:  Why? 
M:  Because Mommy needs some food in order to make dinner.
A:  Why?
M:  Because.
A:  Did God tell you to?
M:  To get the specific items on my grocery list?  Um…I guess not...