Random thoughts with Jackie Chan ...

Thursday was a rainy, cold, miserable day.

On the way to school Jackie Chan starts up another one of his random conversations with me...

"Um Mommy."

"Yes buddy, what's up?"

"I don't like flip-flops."

"Ok.  Jackie Chan, it's raining and cold and you're wearing boots ... what made you think of that?"

"I don't know.  I just don't like flip-flops.  I don't like that people can see your feet."

"Hmmm."

"I would like flip-flops if you could wear them and there was a barrier that covered over your feet."

"Well, those would be sandals."

"No, no.  Not like that.  I would like flip-flops but if there was something covering my feet so that I couldn't see my feet but to everyone else they just looked like flip-flops."

"You don't like looking at your own feet?"

"Nope."

"But you're not bothered by other people seeing your feet in flip-flops?"

"Nope."

"Huh.  Well one day when you're a famous, rich, scientist - like Tony Stark - you can invent those and you can wear flip-flops as often as you want."

"Yup."

We kept walking in the rain a bit more, and then ...

"Um, Mommy..."

"Yes buddy?"

"I like Crocs because they are flip-flops but without the thing between your toes in the middle AND they are covered."

"Hmm ... that would pretty much make them sandals, wouldn't it?"

"I guess so, but not really because they are really more like flip-flops.  I don't have to invent special flip-flops to wear because I can just wear Crocs."

"Well ... glad we got that all sorted.  In October.  In the rain.  On the way to school.  And when you become a famous, rich, scientist - like Tony Stark - you can devote your time to inventing useful things like strollers that you can push through the snow properly."

"Yeah.  But I wouldn't invent that because that's boring to invent."

"Right.  Boring.  Not at all like semi-invisible flip-flops which have already been invented ... CROCS!"

"YUP!"

I know I'm going to miss these conversations in a few years.