Fireworks

As many of you know we already have a rotation set up for which side of the family we spend holidays with and this year we spent Easter with Brian's family. After dinner I was sitting on the couch with his 6 year old nephew and he was studying my belly. He was asking questions about if it is a boy or girl, informing me on which one he thought it should be, and then wanted to know when it is going to come out. I told him that BP was still too small and had to grow a little more. He seems to think that my belly is big enough and baby is ready. The rest of the conversation went like this:
Erin: "The baby will be born at the end of July."
Noah: stares blankly - I should know that is not how you relate things to a 6 year old.
Erin - "the baby will come when it is summer time"
Noah: "It is summer, the snow is almost gone and it is warm outside."
Erin: "Your right it is getting warmer but we still have to wait a little longer."
I should preface the next part for those of you who don't know - the 4th of July is one of the big holidays here and the Paulson family seem to really know how to celebrate it with lots of fireworks and excitement.
Erin: "After we shoot off fireworks this summer then the baby will be big enough to be born."
Noah: thinks about this statement for a minute and then says to his mom across the room "Mom, can we go buy some fireworks."
Conversations like these make me miss teaching and spending time with young minds.