Conversation!

My little 5 yearold was lost in thought on the breakfast table. The cereal spoon was untouched. We had just under 20 minutes to get ready for school and step out. Yet he was so rapt in his thought, looking at the leaves, I got a little puzzled. instead of getting angry as usual. When I stopped being angry and started behaving like a very interested mom, we had a very interesting conversation. That we were 5 mnts late for school is a different story - he kept on blaming "mommy you were asking me lots of questions, you were talking thats why we are late" and Thank God we didnt have to get a tardy slip as all the kids were lined up to go to the library for photo shoot :)

So this is how our conversation started
Me: Honey what are you thinking? Are you thinking?
A: Ofcourse mom. I am thinking. Don't you see I am looking at the leaves?
Me: So is that how you think?
A: moooooom, the leaves make me think.
Me: Can you tell me what you are thinking?
A: Did you have a grandmother?
Me: (gettig little cautious) yes I did.
A: How many did you have?
Me: Well...two. One ammachi and one patti.
A: (Wide eyed) Just like me??
Me: ofcourse honey.
A: Where are they?
Me: Think think think...
A: Are they extinct?
Me: (Literally taken aback) You dont call it extinct kanna. they went to God, sami. How do you know extinct?
A: I read the dinosaur book. (he is five and a half year old kindergartener)
Me: Oh okey.
A: So when do we die mom?
Me: When we get old we die.
A: No I want to know when, like how old.
Me: May be a hundred year old...
A: So your grandmas died when they were 100 years old?
Me: hey buddy, don't you think its getting late for school?
A: Mommy tell me..(a whine..)
Me: No theydidn't.
A: So what will happen when we die?
Me: We go to sami.
A: Do we become sami?
Me: No da kutti. I dont think so.
A: But then if we all go to sami dn't you think we become sami too?
Me: No come on lets get ready for school.
A: The if we become sami will smebody build a temple for us?
Me: Stop this now. Lets go to school.