Sunday, October 31, 2010

Logic from a three year old

Our son recently turned three and we are so very proud of him.  He's a quick learner and loves to study his surroundings.  It's fun to see how his mind works.  Today we got a taste of his great logic.

He and I have been listening to the Toy Story 2 soundtrack lately.  One of his friends was "Jesse" (the yodeling cowgirl) for Halloween and I couldn't get the "Woody's Roundup" song out of my head after seeing her.  So, it only seemed right to play the entire soundtrack so I wouldn't just have that one song in my head.

This morning, I saw my son sitting on the coffee table in front of the CD player, hands folded in his lap, listening intently as Sarah McLachlan sang "When she loved me."  He seemed to be soaking up every word of the lyrics.  Minutes later, he ran out of the room and I could hear him say, somewhat solemnly, to my husband, "When somebody loved me, everything was beautiful."  To which my husband said, "I love you!"

And my three year old replied, with a joy and lightness in his voice like he really believed that suddenly it was true: "Everything is beautiful now!"

2 comments:

  1. one of those great moments when a parent answers what seems like a complicated question with the PERFECT reply! awesome response, Jon - I would have probably over-analyzed -- but BINGO -- you gave him what he asked for!

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