Kids say the funniest things

Alea is almost three years old. It is amazing how much she has changed in this last year. Her language is incredible, but sometimes her understanding of what is said to her is a little off. An example of that happened the other day. Andrew was coming down with a cold, and he explained to Alea that he was getting sick. She replied with, “You’re sick? Oh, mom is sick too.” Andrew said, “Really?” Alea came back with, “Yeah, she’s sick of me pooping in my pants.” (I had told her that the day before.)

Another instance where maybe her understanding of things is a little off happened just yesterday. Monkeys were feasting on bugs near our house, and Alea grabbed a mop and began yelling, “Come here monkey, here monkey, come here. I have some food for you.” When I inquired what she was doing, she said, “The monkeys don’t come when they are supposed to.” I asked, “What do you mean?” With a look of frustration and holding the mop up, she said, “They don’t come to eat the food I give them. I give them a mop or grass, but they don’t want any of it.”

This evening, while the sun was setting, we were outside enjoying the cool late afternoon, and the call to prayer could be heard from a distance. It was a faint sound, but clear enough to hear a chanting man. Alea listened for a while, and then rather seriously asked, “Is that God? Is God singing?”