Road Trip, Beckett Style

This is how my lunch conversation with Beckett went today:

Beckett: "Mama, I'm gonna get a big, big van like yours with big sparkly wheels, and I'm gonna get in front and drive it all by myself."

Me: "Big sparkly wheels, huh?"

B: "Yeah, cuz it's really, really clean. Your van is dirty."

Me: Yep. It's been raining.

B: "And rain makes your tires flat. My tires won't be flat. (yesterday I put air in my tires and it's been raining, so I guess that's the connection). My friend Joseph's gonna sit in the back by the window and then Kyler in the center."

Me: "What about your other friends? Where will they sit?"

B: "Mama, there's only 3 windows."

Me: "yeah, but there are lots of seats. You said it was a really big van."

B: "Oh. Then Ryan, and Avery, and Alex can sit by windows, too."

Me: "What about Ashley?"

B: "No, there are no more windows."

Me: "Okay. Is it going to be a short trip or a long trip?"

B: "A really, really long trip. Joseph, and Kyler and Avery can watch my dvd player. But not Ryan."

Me: "Why can't Ryan watch a movie?"

B: "Silly, Mama! Ryan's in the front. You can't see the dvd player in the front!"

Me: "Oh, I didn't realize. Where are you going to go on this really long trip?"

B: "To the grocery store. I'm gonna buy lots of food. Yeah. Like pea-ut butter jelly and mac-roni and cheese. And I'll buy you little trees, cuz you like little trees (aka, broccoli)."

Me: "Thanks, Beckett. I do like little trees. Why are you going to the grocery store."

B: "Well, cuz baby lizards need their mamas to get them food. I'm gonna get my own food and my friends' food. I don't need you to do it."

Me: "You don't?"

B: "No. I can do it myself."

I think the conversation speaks for itself!