Sven's Ambition

Last week Sven told me "I want to make laws that are fair for all."

Yellow Skin

A few days ago, Sven was pretending to be an alien . He was wearing a yellow t-shirt, so he told me he had yellow skin, and I had black and grey stripped skin.

Then Sven went down into the basement and told Erik "I have yellow skin!" Erik first thought that Sven was referring to his Asian-tinted skin, and had somehow picked up the term "yellow" for skin color.

But after I explained the alien skin thing, Erik ruefully said, "that's what happens when you jump to conclusions." Having a young child puts a fresh perspective on things sometimes.

A Joke

"A one-eyed man ran into a bar and said ouch, because it was an iron bar."

This is Sven's favorite joke -- well, its the only joke he can recite, so he says it several times a week, to whatever audience happens to be around.

Sven Watches TV

We never watch regular broadcast T.V. at our house - only the occasional movie. Yesterday, while we were in a microbrew for dinner with some friends, Sven was completely mesmerized by a basketball game (Texas vs. Texas A&M) that was on. However, based on his questions, he was very confused by the "movie". I realized after a few questions, that Sven thought that the game was a movie, and the commercials were part of the same plot. He would ask "why is she painting her nails pink?", then a few seconds later "and why is there something black on their window", then a few seconds later "why are they pushing each other?"

His conclusion - he didn't like basketball players because they pushed each other too much. I told him it was all part of the game, but that answer didn't seem to make any sense to him either.

Sven's First Pun

Sven's favorite babysitter is his former Nanny, Ellie. We still ask Ellie to babysit every couple of weeks, and Sven has decided that Ellie's favorite dinner is tortellini. Sven calls the tortellini "Ellie Pasta". Yesterday, while we were shopping, Sven grabbed a package of tortellini and said "I want some SpaghEllie."