Brady: Mom, how do stores decide the price of food?
Mom: Well, the stores set their price by what the economy is like. It's hard to explain & understand though, so maybe when you're older I'll try to explain it again.
Brady: Why don't they just make food free, so then no body would be hungry?
Mom: That's a good idea buddy, and that would be really nice if no one was ever hungry too.
Brady: Yeah, it would be so good Mom. 'Cause food would be free, kids wouldn't have dirty bellies from being hungry, stores wouldn't have to make prices up, you wouldn't have to worry about getting money from the bank machine, and I wouldn't have to eat potatoes then.
Mom: You're so smart Brady! Anything else you wanna talk about?
Brady: Did you know that trees make air for us to breathe?
Mom: Yes, they do make oxygen.
Brady: Yeah, it's called photosmithisis.
Mom: I think you mean photosynthesis.
Brady: That's what I said.
Mom: Okay. Are you sure you're only 5 years old?
Brady: I'm not 5 years old. I'm 5 and a ½ years old, and in June I'll be 6 years old. Then 7 years old. Then 8 years old. All the way counting up high until I'm as old as you & Daddy. Then I'll stop, so that I'm not older then you guys, 'cause I want to always be the kid & you guys always be the parents.
Mom: Good idea Brady.
* laughing that he knows the word "photosynthesis", but doesn't understand that we'll age as he ages?! *
