Michaelisms

My son, Michael, is eight.  

He's a young eight. 

And he's delightful, innocent, and funny in the way eight year olds should be.

Dinosaurs

Michael: Mummy, did dinosaurs and people live together?

Me: No. Dinosaurs were here before people.

Michael: Which planet did people live on until after the dinosaurs were gone?

Sperm

"Mummy, I think I know how boys get more sperm.  I think a girl sperm and a boy sperm get married and then they have two babies... How do you think sperm get married?"

The cat

The baby starts to fuss. I roll over - Mike is sitting on the bed next to my head watching me sleep.

Me: "How long have you been there?"

Mike: "A while"

Me: "Did you wake up the baby?"

Mike: "No, that was the cat"