Conversation this evening on the way to the store.
Zoe: "Mommy, what's that?" (referring the little dead fluffy puppy in the middle of the road)
Me: "What's what?" (So far, Tony & I have both managed to avoid teaching her anything about death & I don't really think this is appropriate time to discuss it. In this instance, I attempted to cleverly answer a question with a question, but 4 year olds are persistent.)
Zoe: "Oh, yeah, it is a squirrel."
Me: "Really."
Zoe: "Yeah, he must be sleeping. Silly squirrel sleeping in the road. He doesn't even know there are cars going by."
Me: "What a silly squirrel."
At this point, she went on to another subject & forget all about the silly sleeping squirrel. One of these days we'll cover the subject of death, but for the moment, we'll stick with the sleeping.
