Bedtime provides an opportunity for deep thoughts and life questions. Kevin handled a few of the trickier ones with grace the a few weeks back.
Archie dreams of existentialism
Archie: Are we going to have another baby?
Kevin: Well not at the moment. Maybe someday.
Archie: (after thinking for a while) Will it come from Aunt Meg?
Kevin: What?Archie: How do babies get here?
Kevin: What do you mean?
Archie: Well, the first baby. (pause) Where did I come from?
Kevin: You came out of Mom.
Archie: Where did she come from?
Kevin: She came out of Nanna. Nanna came out of her mom, and she came out of her mom, and so on.
Archie: Where did you come from?
Kevin: I came out of Grammy. She came out of her mom.
Archie: But where did the first baby come from?
Kevin: That’s an interesting question. Some think God made the first baby, others might believe that we changed from other animals.
Archie: What do you believe?
Kevin: I believe that we’re part of a large continuum of life. That’s what I believe.
Archie: (after a pause) If I could ask God a question, I’d ask where he came from.
Well?
Tags: Archie, Aunt Meg, babies, bedtime, birth, existentialism, facts of life, God, Kevin
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Does Archie has aspirations of taking over the world? If not, he should. That’s the type of question that could make us all cease to exist!
Dad: Archie, do you want to take over the world?
Archie: (pausing, holding custom Bionicle in hand) I would, if you were on my side.
I see it already:
Dad: What do you want to do tonight Archie…?
Archie: The same thing we do every night Dad. Try to take over the world!
He’s a charmer that way.
Clearly from the picture above, world domination requires quality sleep.