Bats.

We were sitting outside this evening, watching the bats skimming the area, clearing away a few insects.  I pointed one out to Kyle, "It's like a little flying mouse", I said.  He looked at me with a strained expression and said, "How did she do that, did she buy some wings?"  Great image!

Hoody.

We went out for a little walk this evening, just around the block and stopped off for a drink.  It is getting cooler, so dad had on his wooly hat and we asked Kyle if he wanted his hood up.  "No, I don't need my 'head coat' on", was his reply.  Elena tried to coax him to speak to her in Slovak a little bit, but he just told her "Don't speak that 'other English', mummy!"  Kids can be one minute so cute and yet a moment later so maddening.  Fortunately our little stroll conked him out and off he went to bed.

Art.

Here is a little Abstract collaborative work, between Kyle and a commercial artist friend of his who wishes to remain nameless for professional reasons.  He said, "I'm not signing it, cos then it would be worth money".  We think it's priceless, we may even frame it!

The computer seems to have named it;

'Master Opacity Change'  I like it!

Literally speaking.

Whilst trying to select a pair of shoes in the 'Shoe Planet' near Carrefour today, I was trying to figure out whether a particular pair Kyle had on were a good fit.  As I prodded the end of the shoe, I asked Kylo, "Where are your toes?"  He looked at me with a kind of 'Is this a trick question?' expression and said, "...Inside?"  How to reduce your dad to fits of laughter in a shop - nice one boy!

Kyle's busy day!

I'm no expert on Children's behaviour, but it would appear that Kyle might be rather tired!

To be fair, he was on the beach by 10 am, running, swimming, playing 'speedboats' with mummy.  He crashed out soon after tea and didn't surface before bedtime again.  That's two day running now, at least this time he had some food first!

'Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel'

Driving back from Curium today, I happened to rest my hand on Elena's knee, as a husband is wont to do, with his wife.  Kyle said, "Daddy - stop touching mummy and drive with two hands!"  I tell ya' kids are one big contraceptive man!

'Blood bubbles'

Top Tip:  When cutting one's own hair, one method would be to use a mirror - yes, that would certainly work!  Still another way is to use another set of eyes.  Children are usually to be found loitering around watching one's every move anyway and so they may be the obvious choice.

Whilst using the clippers to cut my hair today, I employed Kyle, asking him, is there any more?  Have I missed any, etc.  I found that by getting him to touch my head where there were still clumps of hair, I was able (eventually) to cut my hair completely.  Unfortunately, whilst doing so, I must have accidentally caught an old wound and 'nicked' it and caused it to bleed again, or in Kyle's words, "Daddy, your 'Blood bubble' is melting"!

Super-hero.

Curium jump., originally uploaded by Raveydv.

Just lately, 'Pinky' has been insisting that he is a 'Super-hero'. i don't know where he has got this from, must be something he's picked up in nursery. He seems to think that he can leap from one furniture item to another, well... actually he can, but I'm sure it's just luck that he hasn't hurt himself yet. Problem is, he seems to think that he cannot be hurt, which is a little worrying. I can't help wondering, was I as much of a pain when I was that age? I wonder if my mother and father used to be on the edge of their seat, as I am most of the time?

Oh well, I guess he'll learn the hard way, just hope it's not too hard!

Moony

Children's logic is amazing and wonderful, everything tends to work literally for them.  By way of an example, a little about the Slovak language; to change from singular to plural, as in the example of the eye, would go; eye = oko [o-ko] - eyes = oči [o-chee].  Not so for Kyle, he knows that to make something plural, you simply add an 's', hence; one oko, two okos.  This irritates my wife, Elena no end!

Another example of the literal approach to things; if it's sunny during the day, what is it at night?  Yes, you guessed, it's 'moony'.  Lately, everything seems to be developing a 'y' on the end in a familiar way.  Some, such as "would you like some juicey" etc. have been going since very early on, but now, we notice that Kyle decides to add his own in strange places, such as; "Can I have a 'hotty' dog please mummy?"

If only life and language were as simple as kids make it, maybe we could all learn a lot from them?