Q&A

Yesterday Ghadi asked for an Art Attack, he wanted to paint with watercolors

I promised him that we’ll do that when Sary sleeps… In fact – admitting that I was a bit mean- I didn’t expect sary to sleep before Ghadi. But this little boy seems to be just like his mom: he loves sleeping and now that he is 2.5 months old, he sleeps more than 6 continuous hours through the night!

So, against my calculations, sary slept at 7… so Ghadi ran to me asking with a wide smile (which he knows that it helps his case very well): shall we start painting now?

By that time, I had to do the dishes (a mission I will b leaving soon to the –soon to be in Lebanon- housekeeper)

I told Ghadi that I still have some stuff to do in the kitchen and he insisted on standing there watching me until I finish…

And there it began… the infinite questions of a 3.5 years old!!!

They were so funny, yet dazzling cuz I always get stuck with the answers!

Example? – while washing dishes, Ghadi stepping on his toes, nose reaching the sink, eyes wide open…

he asked:

where does all this water come from?

From an underground well (easy answer- way to go mom!)

Where does it go?

Into pipes to the sea (this one wasn’t convincing)

He narrowed his eyes: but it’s all dirty water!

mmm…silence…

then asking, again: how does it go to the sea with all that dirt? (probably he was imagining all those lovely fishes swimming happily then suddenly surprised by a huge dirty flow of water!)

how?????????

Now an answer shall b given..silence isn’t enough

(thinking moment: terms like filtration or similar explanation would be simply too complicated to him…  but now I admit, I could have explained it to him but really at that time I didn’t have any energy to go through all this…)

Let’s go painting… I dropped the dishes, snapped the brushes, and we spent an amazing hour together!