My nine year old, who I affectionately call Young Jedi, is a very astute young man.  Like, VERY, VERY astute if you know what I mean.  Way too smart and savvy for his own good.  He seems to understand things way beyond his years.  It is frightening.

So yesterday morning the boys and I were watching the Today Show waiting for my pal @MaryMac to come on and school Matt Lauer on Silly Bandz.  Now, normally I never get control of the television.  It is all Sponge Bob or Fineas & Ferb all morning.  Mamma gets no real grown up time.

In any event, a segment came on about women going grey and our obsession with dying our hair instead of letting the grey show. The Jedi was fascinated and perplexed. (I wish I had taken a picture.) I could tell from his face that he just didn’t “get it.”

He looked at me and asked, “Mamma?  Are you gonna dye your hair too?  You know, when you get grey hairs?”

Me: “Buddy, I ALREADY DO.”

Jedi: (Wide-eyed horror)  “You DO?  Why?  Like, since WHEN?”

Me: “Like, since you were BORN, child.  Since you were born.”

Jedi: “What does THAT mean?

Me: “Think about it, kid.”

Jedi: (Smirking)….”Heh! Cool. So can I watch Spongebob now?”

Which reminds me, I need to get to the salon…. FAST.

I could fill an entire book with insane things that my kids have said to me. If you have children, then I am certain you know EXACTLY what I mean. Sometimes it takes all of the willpower contained in this body just to keep from laughing out loud at the things my little ones come up with.

The other day Young Jedi had me discussing toe hair. No, seriously. TOE HAIR.

YJ: MOM! LOOK AT THIS! Why do I have this long hair coming off of my toes?

Me: Honey, everyone has hair on their toes. It is natural. No worries.

YJ: No. You are wrong!  He (Tiny Ninja) doesn’t have toe hair.  Look!  LOOOOOKKKK!!!!

Me: Well, he WILL. He just doesn’t have it yet.

YJ: But I DON’T WANT TOE HAIR!!!

And from there, honestly, I had to walk out of the room.  I just couldn’t stand it anymore. I am a grown woman debating about toe hair with my 8 year old. OMG.