the great thing with having an eloquent 5 yr old in the house is that life is never boring. jan can talk non-stop if you let him, and i don’t mean senseless babbling, either. he would reason himself out of trouble if he could (which often drives me nuts and definitely adds to my wrinkles! i swear i’ll need a Miami facelift soon!) and would come up with arguments and thoughts you wouldn’t have expected of a child.

my favorite time with him, though, is just before he drifts off to sleep, when he’s all settled and just shooting thoughts off his mind. not arguing, just plain conversing. he’d sometimes even use this time to tell me “you know mom, i’m sad with the way you treated me earlier” and such (yes, he’s often uses the same sentences i use on him, hehe), which would then trigger a light heart-to-heart talk. when he’s on this mood, i forget he’s just 5.

but it’s not always serious talk. here’s one just last week which started out serious, but…

jan: mom, when babies are born, what can they do?
me: not much, really.
jan: they cry. and scream a lot.
me: well, not as much as you did this afternoon when you threw a tantrum on the way home. remember?
jan: um, yeah. but you know, mom, crying is not that bad. actually, crying can be good, too.

at this point, i was thinking: oooookay. mala-boy abunda, ano ba! next thing he’ll say, it can be cathartic or some such psychology mumbo-jumbo.

me: what do you mean?
jan: well, especially when you’re outside… you know. teacher said grasses and trees need water to grow. and tears are made of water, right?

right.

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