Wednesday, April 13, 2011

White line!

Routine conversation with a 4 year old… Last night Ava and Mommy are driving down some beautiful country road with windows down and she says from the backseat “Mommy, what's that white line in the sky?” And I couldn't see this line, so I blow her off and say it's the clouds.  Then she says to me, “No, mom, not the clouds-- that white line.” To which I say “what white line” as I’m straining to get my neck like a giraffe, out the window of the car….but still don’t see it.  So I make up something...and say “It’s the moon”. And she is like “NO MOM! That white line!” as she points out the window up to the endless sky.  And I say to my sweet persistent inquisitive little girl, “Ava, I don’t see it babe.”  This is just about the time that I finally see it and it’s the white streak behind the plane. 

A jet stream…something we adults know of, have seen before and have no questions about.  Well maybe one question- what exactly causes it, I don’t really know.  Anyways, I just love these conversations, cuz number 1- this little girl is so inquisitive and number 2, you cant make up anything or she will call you on it. And just any old answer will not do for that little brain of hers, she wants to know the exact reason and if you don’t give it to her she’ll keep on asking!

But the best part of the conversation was definitely the very end where she asked, “how does that white line get there mom?” to which I replied, “ask your daddy!”