Hopeless Conversation in the Car

Our family drives back from the house of some friends who have purchased a large above ground swimming pool.

Ms. Crazy Preschooler: I like their swimming pool. I really really do. I really really really really really really wish we could get a swimming pool like that.

Me: Hmmm. It was pretty neat, wasn't it?

Ms. CP: It's so big! Can we have one?

Me: No, I don't think so. It's so big that if you weren't in it with a grown up you might sink.

Ms. CP: I wouldn't sink. I think maybe we should go to the store and get it now.

Me: No, it's too expensive.

Ms. CP: Maybe we could go see how pensive it is?

Me: I think it's time to go home and find your pajamas.

Silence.

Ms. CP: But I really want one for our yard.

Me: Honey, that pool was bigger than our yard. Besides it would kill our grass, and we like to have nice green grass to play on!

Ms. CP: Why would it kill the grass?

Me: Because grass needs sun, and the swimming pool would cover the grass so it couldn't see the sun.

Silence.

Silence.

Silence.

Silence.

Silence. We stop at a red stoplight.

Ms. CP: How bout I have an idea. We could fit it in the garage.