be wary of the 'advanced level'

today caleb & i were having a very in-depth conversation about different sounds. it started a little something like this:

caleb: "mom, what does an elephant say?"

me: "hmmm. i don't know. what does an elephant say?"

caleb: "an elephant says....pffffttt! (or however you would write that out)"

so we went through the basics of all the animals. cat, dog, cow, you know. then we moved up to 'intermediate level' where we went through things like sloths & marmosets (thanks diego) & i had to get a little creative with the sounds. who has any idea what a giraffe sounds like? well to us, it sounds like a dying parrot.

anyway then we moved to what i would call 'advanced level' where we made sounds come from things that aren't alive. apparently caleb believes that books make sounds that say "read! read!" and chairs say "sit! sit!" then out of nowhere he throws me a curveball and asks me this:

caleb: "mama, what does a stinky little bum-bum say?" (why is he obsessed with the word stinky?? probably because it makes me laugh everytime)

i cracked up but was curious to hear his answer so i played along.

me: "i don't know. what does a stinky little bum-bum say?"

caleb: "it says toot, toot!"

i was laughing so hard.