Why Mommy, Why?

Sven is asking "Why" about everything! It sometimes tries the patience to deliver good and/or sufficient answers to all his questions. The other day he said "Why was Jesus nailed to a cross?" Apparently this topic came up among some friends at day care. Of course when you answer "because he was saying things that people didn't like to hear", you get the next question "why didn't people like to hear what he said", and so on. Sometimes it is tempting to short circuit the whole conversation and go straight to "I don't know", but I always feel guilty saying this - as if I am taking the easy way out.

If I spend too much time trying to formulate an answer, Sven will peer into my face and say very earnestly "why Mommy why?", as if the answer was of great importance to him - which it may be.

Funk So Rubber

This posting only makes sense to Fatboy Slim fans :) Erik has been teaching Sven some Fatboy Slim lyrics. So, now Sven goes around the house saying "Check it out now - the funk so rubber." The lyrics, as originally written, are "Check it out now - the funk soul brother."

Cell Phone Culture Part 2

Erik is out of town for a few days so Sven gets to chat with him on the phone in the evenings. Yesterday Sven asked Erik "Daddy - why do some houses have phones in them?"

Sunday evening, when Sven was talking to Erik, he got very upset that Erik wasn't in Seattle. He kept telling Erik that he had to come home "now" and said "I missed you". He was getting a little teary-eyed by the end of the call, and obviously didn't like Erik's answers. But as soon as he was off the phone, he was a happy bouncy five-year-old again. On Monday night, I asked Sven if he wanted to talk to Daddy and he said "Yes!" As soon as he got the phone he apologized to Erik for his behavior the previous night. Wow - I was impressed at his level of maturity!

At the end of the call he said "bye bye Erik" and closed my cell phone. Then he told me "I'm old enough to call Daddy, Erik."