Matthias Chatter

Matthias: Who was the baby when you were a kid?
Me: Do you mean like my brothers and sisters?
Matthias: What was the name of the baby when you were a kid?
Me: Their names were Catherine, Teresa, and Mary.
Matthias: No. They are big.
Me: But they were babies when I was a kid. When I was six Catherine came out of my mommy's tummy and she was a baby.
Matthias: Then who was the baby when she was a kid.
Me: Then Teresa was. And then when Teresa was one Mary was born.
Matthias: Then who was the baby?
Me: No one. Mary was the last baby.
Matthias: Then who was the baby?
Me: After Mary my mom didn't have any more babies.
Matthias: Then they were a gramma and grampa? *pause* Who was the baby when they were a kid?


It was such a fun conversation. As he was trying to have a grasp on the fact that I was once a kid and grew up, he couldn't picture the fact that my sisters were once little too.



Also, he has turned into my little truth avoider (aka liar). I've read in so many parenting books/articles that kids go through a blatant stage of lying, but I did not really experience that with James. However Matthias is great at stating the complete opposite of the truth. For example I found his shoes laying in the living room and while we were all standing there looking at the shoes...

Me: Whose shoes are these?
Matthias: Not mine.

He then picked them up and put them away. But why the denial first?? I try to be pretty good at not introducing opportunities for lying like the one above. Usually I just get to the point w/out baiting him so that he will lie. But it's an interesting stage...