Isaac-isms!

Every once in awhile, Isaac says something in complete seriousness that just amuses me. It seems lately that a few of his thoughts have been either thought provoking or humorous.

* "Mom, is potassium sorbate good for you?"
"I don't think so, it's a preservative. Why?"
"It's in a lot of the candy that we eat. Maybe I should just stick to bananas, they have the regular kind of potassium."

* As we were decorating cookies for Santa, the kids were having a ball. Someone wistfully wished for more cookies to decorate. Isaac instantly giggled and announced they should just flip the cookies over when they were dry and decorate the other side. He was so tickled that no one else thought of that. Truthfully, I didn't think of it either.

* Isaac's science class has been studying natural disasters in school. He was so excited to get to watch a film about earthquakes. When he came home, he looked so sad. I asked him how school went and he just shook his head. He told me that they watched the film in school that day. I asked him how he liked it. His reply was as follows:
"Mom, they took something so exciting and made it boring! How do they expect kids to get excited about learning if they can't even get excited about it? It makes no sense to me."

* Setting: The dining room at 6:15p.m.
"Uh, Mom? Tomorrow I have to take a Secret Santa present to school for a kid named Liam, and I was wondering if you could get something really creative that no one else would think of. Don't like get candy or something typical."
"Isaac, when did you find out that you were giving Secret Santa gifts at school?"
" Well, awhile ago, but I couldn't think of what I wanted you to get. But I never thought of anything, do you think you can try to be creative?"
"Do you think you could let me know about this stuff a little sooner?"
"Oh, yeah. Good point, Mom."