Santa's Girls and Snack Thieves

Note to self: pack MP3 player to record The Boy.

The Boy was retelling the story he heard in preschool today.

"There was this guy who wanted to go to India, and he went to a king and a queen with some jewels. He went two times and then on the third time, they said he could go. They gave him three huge boats and he sailed to...here. You know, right here. In the United States of America. He bumped into here and couldn't go any farther, so he didn't get to India."

"The boats," I said, "were those the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?"

"Yes! Yes, those are the boats, and--ha-ha-ha--the Santa Maria. That's a funny name."

Of course it is. I mean, what's Santa doing with Maria? Isn't he supposed to be with Mrs. Claus?

Later we pulled into the library parking lot. He puts his bag of apples into his lunch box, sets it on his car seat, hops out and pulls the door shut. "Lock the door, Mama," he insists, "so no one will steal my snack."