Twitter Thread: Pressing Questions From A Six-Year-Old At Bedtime

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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Every night, in the sweetest voice, my six year old asks me a question in order to try and stall me from leaving. I commit to documenting these questions every night for the next 30 days because THAT KID HAS GAME.
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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Tonight: Mom...mom...mom? Mom. Ok, mom. Have you ever eaten a pumpkin? COME BACK. Mom. Have you ever eaten pumpkin seeds? MOM WHAT DO THEY TASTE LIKE!!!!!!!
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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Me: Goodnight sweetie. Him: Mom? Me: no. I love you but no. Him: Are raccoons awake right now? Mom. They can't kill you. MOM. They don't have sharp enough teeth. MOM COME BACK HAVE YOU SEEN THEM IT IS SAFE I AM NOT AFRAID
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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler He just yelled "DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WITH ONE EYE?" into the darkness.
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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Night 3 Boy: Okay mom. Goodnight. Mom, why do you have so much hair? Okay, night. Why is hair made of cylinders? MOM. I want to learn the a-cord-on. A-cordial? ACCORDION. IT GOES LIKE THIS [frantically mimes accordion playing] MOM COME BACK ACCORDIONS ARE MADE OF BEES
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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler He might of said "bees" or "beets" or "beads." | couldn't make it out. He had already been tucked in three times.
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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Night 2 (sorry!) Me: Goodnight sweetie. Him: Do you know any myths...any legends? Me: The legend of the boy who wouldn't go to bed. Goodnight. Him: Oh, oh, oh, do you know this legend? Mom. Come back. MOM. It's about a giant squid. MOM THE SQUID DESTROYED MANY MANY BOATS!
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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Him: goodnight mom. Love you. Me: love you (leaves) Him: (next room) Mom? Is cheese funny? I think it is. I only like STRING cheese....Mom? Mom. MOM. IS GOOGLE A PERSON? AND WAS GOD EVER BORN?!???
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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Me: Goodnight my love. Him: Goodnight mom. This is a good. Me: Yeah? Him: Yes. I'm going to sleep now. Me: Perfect. (leaves) .... Him: DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE LAST MEGALODON? .... Him: (quietly) I think he lives in the ocean. .... Him: THE BACIFIC OCEAN! MOMM. IN A COLD SPOT!
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    Text - Kate Bowler ФKatecBowler Me: I love you so much. Goodnight sweetie. Him: does Dad have a job? Me: yes. Him: as a ghost pirate? Me: not exactly Him: right right right. That was a long time ago. When you were a kid. In the Civil Wars. Me: goodnight lovie Him: a long, long, long, long.. Me: GOODNIGHT
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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Okay I can hear him in the next room. He is talking about Canada being separate from America as "The Civil Wars." .as a historian...I'm not sure what to say about my job performance.
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Him: before you go, tell me one constellation of stars. Me: Orion. Goodnight lovie. Him: mom, wait! I have to tell you. [dramaric pause] I picked you. Me: what? Him: as a baby. I picked you. For my mom. Me: [melting] Him: I picked your tummy. You are MY mom. Me: you win.
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Him: I don't have a question. Me: Oh! Okay! Goodnight lovie. Him: But I put something in the sink. Me: Wait, what? Him: I found it outside. It's part of a lizard tail. By tomorrow, it will grow back into a lizard. Me: ....l see your logic.
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Him: (yelling) MOM, DO YOU KNOW WHAT HELL IS? Him: (yelling) IS MAGIC REAL? IS A MAGIC TRICK A TRICK? Him: (grumbling) Well now I am thinking about if the sun is just lava.
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Him: (praying) and thank you God for snakes, Amen. Me: Goodnight sweetie. Him: But what is the difference between an ogre and a troll? .... Him: Are you not answering because you don't believe in Big Foot? .... Him: (whispering) ....because he is *reaaaaaaaaaaall*
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler ФKatecBowler Me: love you sweetie. Night. Him: goodnight. To all the crystals. Me: okay Him: who was the first person to ever find a crystal? Me: goodnight love. Him: in a caaaaaaaaaaaave with maaaaaaaany secrets. Me: I don't know how to explain you to other people.
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Me: you did a great job reading. Night love. Him: why do they call it a li-bary? (library) Me: night sweetie Him: Because people lieeeeeeeeeee... they lie about the li-bary? Him: MOM COME BACK WHY ARE THEY LYING? ARE THEY LYING ABOUT THE BOOKS OR WHAT?!?
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler ФKatecBowler Him: before you try to put me to bed I am talking to you about my pet. Me: you don't have a pet, hon. Him: I knew you would be reeeeeaaaally scared. you don't even have to see it. Me: ..... are you telling me Him: I HID HIM. Me: (to husband) PLEASE COME IN HERE
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Me: Night lovie Him: Does God sleep? Does God sleep on another planet? God didn't make me Mom. You made me. With your body. And when I came out we looked at each and it was LOVE MOM. I love wolves. Can we make a wolf? With a collar? With a crystal on the collar? Tomorrow? Wolfs?
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Him: Mom, can we talk about boats? Me: one thing and then eyes closed Him: OKAY (deep breath) because pirates are REAL and are alive NOW. But mostly they killed a-chother or were killed by GIANT SQUIDS or monsters that (giant arms) SQUEEZE BOATS AND CRUSH THEM. Sigh. Goodnight.
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Me: you are a wonderful boy Him: but I don't know what blueberries smell like Me: try tomorrow Him: how do pirates feel when they walk on land? Weird? Me: not sure. goodnight Him: dinner tonight was bad. i mean, BAD Me: NOT NICE BUD Him: (kisses my nose) but good try, mom
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Him: Mom, sometimes I am so scared of the Yeti. Not the Loch Ness, that is fine. But the Yeti.. Me: You're safe. Love you sweetie. Night. (leaves) Him: Yes, but have you ever been bitten by a tiger? Him: But you've been bitten by a wolf? A bear? Him: SO THAT'S A YES?!!!
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler **He is too cute. I have given up and am attempting to lie in his bed and hope he will fall asleep if I am completely immobile. There is no hope.** Him: (poking my face) Mom, can we talk about God rising from the dead? .... Him: (quietly) well, now I have LOTS of questions...
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Me: We need to talk about how you threw a rock today. Not good Him: ....l see the moon Me: I need you to know it was bad Him: I feel okay Me: Throwing rocks is not good Him: in the story, David hit Goliath with a rock and it was GREAT Me (to husband):I am losing badly here
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Me: goodnight lovie Him: (waggling eyebrows) goodnight mom. It will be hard for you to leave Me: (kisses head) I'll be fine Him: Goodnight "M" "O" "M". "M" "O" "M" spells DAD...right mom? (makes direct eye contact) Me: You know how much I want to correct you Him: I DO!
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    Text - Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Me: Love you sweetie. Goodnight. Him: Goodnight mommy. I leave. Storm begins. Huge crack of thunder. Him: (from dark) MOM CAN YOU PLEASE TURN OFF THE STORM Me: (yelling) I CAN TRY Him: WHAT WILL YOU TRY Me: LOVE I GUESS? Him: THAT WON'T WORK....TRY SNUGGLES FOR ME INSTEAD
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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Him: Night! oh mom, I think this is a new tooth **shows molar. WHAT. Is that a wisdom tooth? hiding alarm** Me: oh dear. you are getting older. Him: OH! can I get my driver's license? Me: you are 6 Him: FINE! so can I stop the tooth from growing so I don't grow up?!
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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Him: Mom, what can I trade you? (shows me my own coin collection) Me: No lovie. Not right now. Night. Him: I'm trading you for this. (hands me my own childhood bear) Me: You're giving me my own stuff back Him: A trade! Choose coin or bear Me: THIS IS A HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION
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    Text - Kate Bowler @KatecBowler Me: Night love. Him: Can I listen to your heart? Me: Ok **quiet** Him: it's beating fast **quiet** Him: did you love someone so much that your heart stops beating? did you fall over? did you die? or did you just go to sleep? Me: no? Him: SO YOU DIDN'T LOVE SOMEONE?!

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