lapsedmodernist | Gems from Fionn, for posterity

"Sometimes you can climb a ladder to touch the fireworks. And when you touch them, they go away, and they have to be very quiet."

(Upon seeing a picture of a dandelion) "A dandyflower!"

(Hiding under the blanket on the bed, clearly echoing back what we have said to him): "Mama, dada! Find the beautiful baby!"

theophile: are you a baby?
Fionn: no, you are a big boy

theophile: and when were you a baby? Were you a baby when you were very small?
Fionn: yes, and you could fit into mama's mouth.
me: Mama's mouth?
Fionn: Mama can eat you

theophile: Fionn, I am going to eat you [makes "scary" chomping noises]
Fionn: no, no, just mama can eat you.
me: and then what happens?
Fionn: and then you are not there anymore
me: where are you then?
Fionn: in mama's tummy.

In other news, it is beautiful outside (although the allergies are doing me in), and I had the first iced mocaccino of the year while biking in the sun today...but I am still sleepy. Watching the new Flashforward now, perhaps a nap after that, then lots of work to do in the evening. Yaaaaawn.