Klayton My Silly Nephew

    My oldest sister Karissa and her youngest son Klayton are visiting until Monday. She has a booth in our fair this week selling stuff she and a lady from her church have made. My younger sister KayleeBeth and I are going to help her with that and also watch Klayton who is three. The other day Klayton was playing with his Thomas the Tank Engine toy trains. He had them up on the coffee table running uphill on a car race track which they got stuck on. He left them there with their batteries running while he colored a picture.

This is the conversation that I had with him after I noticed the trains were running while he wasn't playing with them . . .

Me: "Hey bud you need to turn the trains off when you're not using them."

Him: "Why?" 

Me: "Because the trains will get very tired and their batteries will die."

Him: "They'll not die." 

Me: "They will if leave them running while you're not playing with them."

Him: "No, they're smart trains. They'll live."

Me: "But they are dying. See how tired they look? You're killing them little man."

Him (shocked face): "I am?"

Me: "Yup."

Him (stares at trains intently): "Oh no! They're dying!"

One train slips off the track and falls off the table.

Him: "I killed it! It's dead!" (picks train up and holds it to his chest) "Poor train!"

   Isn't he a silly kid? 

This is a photo of him I took today.

Here's another conversation I had with him that day . . .

Me: "Klayton, what is the name of the animal that says 'cock-a-doodle-do?'"

Him: "It's a cock-doodle-do!"

Me: "Uh, I thought it was a rooster?"

Him: "No! It's called a cock-a-doodle-do!"

Me: "Okay, sure, if that's what you call it."

Then I got inspired to ask him what his favorites were . . .

-Klayton's favorites-

Color: Blue

Food: Salad

Toy: Trains and monster trucks

Movie: Cars

Place to play: Food stores

I just had to ask him about the last one . . .

Me: "You like to play in food stores huh?"

Him: Yesss!"

Me: "So you like playing in the carts?"

Him: "No, silly! Play in the food!" (grins and dances about the room)

I was having such fun hearing his funny replies to my questions that I asked him who his best friend was. He said, "Ryan. But he's not my friend anymore, just a best."

Lol! Didn't know you could not be friends with someone but have them be your "best!"