If You Ever Need an Answer to Life's Age Old Questions

Caleb was telling me about how some fruit comes from trees. From there he went on to tell me that some animals come from eggs.

"Ah, but which came first, the chicken or the egg?" I mused teasingly.

"THE EGG, OF COURSE!" He pronounced with decisive conviction. "Why do you say that?"

I explained that it's a question people have long debated over.

"Well, if they want to know that, they should just go to a farm." It was said in that, "well, DU-U-UH!" tone of voice.

I thought to myself, sometimes I wish I had that confidence. I told Joseph about it and he probed Caleb a bit that evening.

"Yeah, but where where did the first egg come from?"

"A chicken."

"So where did that chicken come from?"

"An egg."

"And that egg?"

"A chicken. And so on and so forth."

"So where did the first chicken come from then?"

"A ROOSTER, OF COURSE!"

Well, yes, it would all go back to the male, in a Caleb world, wouldn't it?

No Flattery Here

Elizabeth: "I love you, you're so cute."

Caleb: "You too."

Elizabeth: "And you're so smart."

Caleb: "You too."

Elizabeth (mildly surprised): "Thanks."

Caleb (after a brief pause): "Well, no."

[He then went on to describe something that I had done that "proved" how not so smart I was. I'm blanking on what it was. Honestly, I am. If I remember, I'll add it later.]

Can We Say No Lack of Self-Esteem Here?

Joseph and Caleb were tossing a mini Nerf football back and forth. According to Joseph, he was finding it challenging to not throw it over Caleb's head and Caleb's tosses kept landing just short of Joseph. I was a little ways away in the dog park with Abe but what I overheard went something like this:

Caleb: "My throws are better than yours because my arms are stronger."

Joseph: "Oh really?"

Caleb: "Yeah, because your muscles are all old and used up. Because you use them for work and stuff. My muscles are young and so they are FRESH and so that's why I'm able to throw it faster and further."

He Not Only Knows WHAT He Wants to Be, He Knows WHY

At the dog park, another dog owner mentioned her dog was part German Shepherd. Caleb commented that that's the kind of dog the police use. She asked him if he wanted to be a police officer.

Caleb: "No, I want to be an Army general."

Lady: "ARMY? WHY?!"

[I gathered this woman had some negative experiences with soldiers. ;)]

Caleb: "Pfft. YOU KNOW!"

Me: "Caleb, that's a disrespectful way to speak to a grown up and no, she doesn't know why you want to be an Army general. She's never met you before and so she doesn't know anything about you. That's why she's asking." [ACK!]

Caleb: "Because I have a warrior spirit."