On our way to day-care Ro took the initiative to strike a conversation with me.

Ro: “Daddy, what did you do when you got me from school the other day ?” <The other day is his way of saying “yesterday” – still struggling with tenses :)>

Me: “I picked you up with the blue car and then we drove home”

Ro: “No, you braked!”

Me: “Yes, that’s right, I slowed for a squirrel, so I wouldn’t hit it” <I had a rather sudden full stop with anti-lock brakes engaging, to not hit the little squirrel, who was running across the street>

Ro: “I love squirrels!!! We have squirrels at home”

Me: “Yes, we have a squirrel in the yard, he’s running on the fence. You like him?”

Ro: “Yeeees, I love him, I catch him!!!” <no future tense here either>

Me: “I don’t think you will be able to catch him. He’ll run away, he’s very fast.”

Ro <insisting>: “No, I catch him”, <now waving his arms and showing how he catches the animal>, “and then I’ll turn him OFF!”

I really burst out in laughter from his baby logic: Turning off a squirrel, so it wouldn’t run away – genious!