Bamfires

This morning, Keats woke up before Sullivan so we had some good one-on-one time. Which, naturally, led to a discussion of vampires. Or bamfires as Keaton calls them. ;o) As in, "Mom, why do bamfires bleed when they eat?" and "Bamfires are just monsters and not real persons. Well, they're person monsters! But some are fake." The conversation began over a bowl of Kashi cereal and blackberry yogurt. Seemed an innocent breakfast...but immediately following the bamfire discussion, the following statements rapidly shot out of Keaton's cute little mouth:

"Bamfires are a little scary-HEY!! when Erin & Mason are here maybe we can go to the spooky house and the Enchanted Forest."

"I.AM.A.ROBOT." (said in a monotone, robotic voice, of course.)

"Know what Mini Me does? He dances like this. Dr Evil dances like this. Dr Evil is bad; Austin Powers is good. Know what? Austin Powers had to poop Mini Me out in the toilet!" (insert hysterical laughter here)

"Look, Mom. This makes me dizzy." (wiggles eyes back & forth)

"Magnets stick to metal, right?"

"I picked up a spoon and it had DOG POOP yogurt on it!" (lots of laughter...licks at a spoon of delicious creamy yogurt)

"One time you should buy us corn dogs. Corn dogs are good for your body, right? Because they have corn. Why are there corn dogs & hot dogs? Because hot dogs have a bun and a corn dog doesn't. I really knew that."

"Look, Mom!!! Ants!! All over the sink! Hey- are these bug bites?" (I asked what he meant) "Like when Daddy says don't let the bed bugs bite; are ants the bugs that bite us in bed?"

I honestly wrote all of that down as he said it. I had been starting a shopping list and decided to jot down his conversation. It went on & on and he rarely paused between subjects. Sometimes it was easy to figure out how his mind connected the things but mostly I was just staring at him, blinking. He cracks me up!