That Gift For Words

Awhile back Liam and I were talking about Halloween, and somehow he started explaining that Logan had plans for Halloween candy, and he wanted to go trick or treating AND trunk or treating AND eat our leftover Halloween candy. I told him that sounds like an awful lot of candy for Logan to be eating, and Liam's response was "So? He likes junk!"

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Last weekend I took the boys to the World Bird Sanctuary down in Valley Park as part of a Scout weekend activity. It's basically just a zoo for birds, but it was still pretty interesting. The boys got a couple of bird guides and were trying to find as many of the birds on their sheet as they could. After viewing all the exhibits, Liam started complaining that he couldn't find a hawk.

Me: "Wait, we saw a bunch of hawks up by the front." "Look, there they are right there."

Liam: "No that's a red-tailed hawk, I want to find just a hawk. A plain hawk."

Me: "But, all hawks are some kind of hawk. A red-tailed hawk, a black hawk, that sort of thing. There aren't just plain hawks."

Liam: "But turkeys are called just turkeys!"

Me: "Yeah, but...uhh...hmmm."