Avery is learning the joys of reading oneself to sleep, and is currently into "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish." Normally she wants me to be her audience for the first few pages, after we've finished whatever chapter we're on of whatever chapter book we're on, then she's content to have me leave her alone to finish the rest.
Tonight we get to the page that reads "From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!" And the picture shows two road signs: the one pointing right says "There" and the one pointing left says "Here." Avery asks me why those signs are there. I say it's so people know which direction to go to get to "Here" or "There." She was incredulous. "What do you mean? People already know how to do that!!" "Really?" I said. "How do you know where 'There' is?" She looked at me like I had sprouted three more heads. "What? You just turn around and WALK!"
I burst out laughing.
"Mom, why is that funny?"
I think about that for a minute. But all I can say is, "We'll talk about that in a few years, and we'll see what you think then about why that's funny."
"But we'll never remember to talk about it!"
"I'll write it down."
