Something that I left out of my post two days ago, the one about rocks, Kathryn, and the words she contains, is that all that talking I did to her made her a genius.
Once, as a three-year-old, she came to me with a question. She asked me why half of our front yard was wet and half of it was dry. Before I could answer, she said, "Is it because the wet part is in the shade and the dry part is in the sun?" and then "and the sun made the water warm and it turned into a vapor and it went up to the sky?"
I don't talk to the twins. Unlike Kathryn, they were born into a different time. With Kathryn, I talked to retain my sanity. Now, the only thing that has any hope of preserving what sanity I have left is silence. So for four years, the twins have been left to fend for themselves.
Which is why, the day after Kathryn collected so many rocks and put them on our porch a few months ago, the twins went to each other for an explanation:
"Where did all these rocks come from?" one asked. Don't ask me who it was. I still can't tell them apart and at this point it's kind of embarrassing to ask.
"Well," said the other, thinking it over. "Sometimes it just rains rocks."
"Oh yeah. Sometimes it does."
I think I need to talk to the twins more.
I don't see what's wrong with this. Whatever answers they come up with for the questions in their lives, they've always got at least one other person to back them up, to make other people question their sanity as much as you ever questioned yours.
Life needs spice like this-- leave them alone!
Now I'd better get inside, it looks like igneous rain today.
Posted by: LiteralDan | June 06, 2009 at 11:30 AM
But sometimes it really does rain rocks!
Posted by: ~annie | June 08, 2009 at 12:02 PM
That is so funny, "it sometimes just rains rocks..."
well that brightend my day.
Thanks
Posted by: Melanie Eckel | June 08, 2009 at 12:34 PM
You should think twice about talking more to the twins. Think of how many words could come out of all three of them. at the same time.
Posted by: jeanne | June 10, 2009 at 02:19 PM
Actually, I think they are right on the mark! Sometimes it does just rain rocks.
Posted by: Erika | June 10, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Hilarious! And I love your comment about it being embarrassing to ask which one is which at this point.
Don't worry, the twins will do fine and so will Kathryn - just different ways of thinking!
Maybe the twins were thinking of hail when they talked about raining rocks?
Posted by: Mauigirl | June 12, 2009 at 05:39 PM
You make me wonder how my grand mother managed the names with 16 kids! I can't even get the correct name out in a hurry and I only have 4.
Posted by: Jacques & Sarie from Parenting Ink | June 16, 2009 at 09:51 PM