little brain, big ideas

1) In the middle of her bedtime routine Rosie asked for a sandwich so we took to the kitchen to make a PB&J sandwich. Rosie was being very sweet and chatty. Then she said, "Why....[indiscerable]...spiders?" After at least half a dozen questions from me in attempt to understand her, she said what sounded like "Why are people scared of spiders?" When I repeated it, she said, "Yeah! Why?"
Mind. blown.


Conversation then led to her telling me she was scared of spiders, to which I told her that a lot of people are afraid of spiders but if you were a tiny spider, wouldn't you be afraid of a big Rosie? She giggled...possibly to humor her mommy.

2) Rosie was admiring the picture of juicy raspberries on the jar of jelly and asked me,"Why is there a hole?" (Not sure she used all those words but you get the gist). First, I told her they were so we could put our fingers in them (cue giggle). Then I realized I should probably tell it to her straight so I explained that the stem used to be in the hole and that's what connected it to the plant (threw in a hand gesture to model it). She then said that it was like her necklace. "What?" I asked. Then she gestured to her neck and said it's like her necklace, referring to the bead necklace she has that connects by putting pushing the end into a little tube.

Mind. BLOWN 2.

Someone recently told me that Sagittariuses (apparently Rosie is one) are on an eternal search for truth, and I should be prepared to get a lot of questions from this inquisitive one. Til now, Rosie's questions were expected and repetitive (What's that? Who's that? Who's is that?). Tonight she definitely stepped it up a notch.

So excited for more talks to come!
(and if we're lucky it'll be like Die Hard with no end in sight of sequels).