Over breakfast this morning, I discussed the following with my sons:
Ah, the summer holidays...
*Basically, a 6ft long earwig/woodlouse. I know - the thought gives me nightmares, too.
- Which is the tallest animal
- Which was the tallest animal ever
- The difference that using the present tense of 'to be' makes vs using the past (i.e; 'which is the tallest animal', 'which was the tallest animal ever')
- Whether a terror bird is a mammal
- The difference between the word 'animal' and 'mammal'
- Who would win, in a fight between a terror bird and a giraffe
- How long a prehistoric artheraplura* (sic) really was
- Whether it's stretching from one end of the house to the other was likely
- Just how far that actually is
- Why we were not going to measure the length of the house during breakfast
- The exact length of Boy #2's stuffed crocodile (43cm, in case you were wondering)
- Whether a baby artheraplura could fit into Boy #2's glass for a drink of water
- Whether an elephant or a triceratops would win in a fight
- A return to the 'is' and 'was' conversation
- Whether an elephant or a giraffe would win in a fight
- The difference between 'tallest' and 'biggest'
- Who was going to put their plates into the dishwasher
- Why that wasn't a question, rather a command
- Why, in this instance, the words 'plate' and 'bowl' meant the same thing
- Why they still had to go into the dishwasher, whatever they were called
- Why mummy needed just a few moments of calm before we head off to the supermarket.
Ah, the summer holidays...
*Basically, a 6ft long earwig/woodlouse. I know - the thought gives me nightmares, too.
