Conversations with a Logan

On the way into town today...

Logan: Mom, Daddy's the head of our household, right?
Mom: Yup.
Logan: What's "head of the household" mean anyway?
Mom: Well, it means he's the person most responsible for teaching this family about God and making sure we're living the way God wants us to. He's also most responsible for making sure we have food to eat and a safe place to live. He protects us too.
Logan: So who protects us when Daddy's gone?
Mom: Well, I guess I'm next to protect you.
Logan: Well what if you couldn't handle it???
Carter: Well, if a bad person came into our house and left the door open, Mommy could call a fireman or policeman and they would come fix the door.

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Logan: How many days are in a year?
Mom: 365
Logan: Wow! That's a lot of days.
Mom: Actually, every 4 years we have a Leap Year, which has 366 days.
Logan: Why does it have an extra day?
Mom: Well, because our years really have 365 and 1/4 days so every four years, that adds up to an extra day. So, February has 29 days on those Leap Years.
Logan: It must be boring for people who study the sun and earth. Just sitting there, watching the sun and earth, counting how many hours and days in a year...that would just be boring.


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Logan: Mom, how does mold grow?
Mom: Well, mold starts with something called a spore. They're really small. We can't even see most of them. When a spore lands on something and begins to grow, it eventually becomes big enough that we can see it and then it's mold.
Logan: Is mold bad for you?
Mom: Some molds are bad for you. But some are good for you. Penicillin was a mold that someone found on an orange. He figured out that it killed bacteria and so it started being used as a medicine to help people that were sick from bacteria.
Logan: Well, mom, if penicillin started on an orange, and since I'm allergic to penicillin, I better start being more careful around oranges.


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I'm off to take a tylenol now. My brain hurts.