Heard Around Our House

Benjamin: "eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fiveteen…"
Me: "fifteen"
Benjamin: "thirteen, fourteen, fiveteen"
Me:"fifteen"
Benjamin: "NO, NO, NO FIVEteen"
Me: silence

time - 4:55am
place - my bed, Julia has just woken up (she slept with me for half the night when Andrew was away)
Me: asleep
Julia: "Mom, Mom"
Me: "what?"
Julia: "where do the crocodiles live?"
Me: "not here"
Julia: "but they live in Florida?"
Me: "yes" (it was way too early to get into a discussion of alligators vs crocodiles -- I do know that alligators are what mostly live in FL)
Julia: "Where do they live in FL?"
Me: "in the swamp"
Julia: "where are the swamps?"
Me: "all over, there are lots of swamps in Florida"
Julia: "lots of swamps?"
Me: "yes, in fact, there's a huge swamp called the Everglades… we'll have to read about it"
Julia: "Ohhh, there must be 191 crocodiles there"
Me: "yes, go back to sleep"
Julia: silence
(Note: I really do wonder what she dreams about when she wakes me up with conversations like this one!)