things they say

Driving home from piano lessons tonight I was trying to explain to Aaron how to blow a bubble with gum

Aaron: somebody at school said if you swallow your gum it won't come out until you're 17.

Me: well, all things must come out. It's kind of like swallowing a watermellon seed. It will grow a watermellon in your stomach.

Aaron: Maybe we should start swallowing money. Then we could grow a money tree. Whenever we wanted money we could get it from our belly buttons.

Me: Don't I wish! (also wondering if my kid is really 11).