Dinos and Armored Cars...

Jam has been asking a ton of questions lately. I’m always fascinated when he doesn’t question my answers.
Because I am Mom, I must know everything. I can usually wing it, but sometimes, I quickly revert to the quick go to "ask Daddy."

This morning we were reading a book about dinosaurs. The dinosaurs were all grouped into different categories but Jam was most fascinated by the dinosaurs that had spiny shells for protection. First he asked me what the shells were for.

I explained that they protected the dinosaurs like armor. He remembered that a couple of days back we had talked about armored cars. When he asked me if the shell protected the dinosaur like armor protects a car, I was pretty darn impressed.

Maybe this kid actually does listen. I was about ready to turn the page, but not before one last look at his spiky dino. I decided to make myself feel extra good that all of my hard work was finally paying off.

"So Jam, some dinosaurs have shells. Why?" He looked at me with those big, beautiful, sage eyes and said "to protect the money."

Yea, I guess that I never saw it that way before, bud.