Today, we were running errands that included signing him up for soccer, visiting his new classroom and new teacher for this year at preschool, getting a new vacuum belt, etc. Ben had decided that after our mandatory errands that we should go to base to ride his bike for a mile - I keep insisting that I need his help in exercising. So while I walk the track, he rides his bike.
Ben is funny, because some days he doesn't really feel like being chatty, but those days usually tend to be few and far between.
Today was one of them, because as were were going through the gate, the female gateguard says hi to him, and he takes this as his moment to inquire ALL the things that go on in a 3 year old's mind. So before I know it, he is asking, "Why do you have yellow teeth?" The shock and horror. The lady with the gold tooth was good natured about it, and said it made her rich, because she has a gold tooth.
Unfortunately, this question did not surprise me, but took me off guard. See, a few weeks back when we were entering base, he had spied this lady's tooth before, and as we had driven through, he was asking me questions about it. I told him that he should not ask certain kinds of questions. And as kids are inquisitive, I decided to answer the question myelf by saying that sometimes people don't take good care of their teeth, and they have to get a false tooth.
Apparently my reply didn't satisfy his needs, because he had to get it straight from the "horse's mouth". No pun intended!
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2 comments:
well, at least he didn't ask her about "grillz"...
Hey now...don't talk about people with gold teeth!!! Some really do pay money for that, even though their teeth are fine!!! (Of course, there are those who drink tons of Tang and don't brush their teeth and have to get all silver caps.....)
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