How Can They Be So Smart

The other day Abe was asking me why an chicken egg needed a mother. I told him that "everything has a mother" but before I could finish what I was going to tell him he proceeded to tell me that the reason is so that a mother tells the kids when to sleep, eat, play, and have treats. It made perfect sense to him.

Today at lunch Elijah decided he was done with his cheese tortilla melt so he got down from the table and got into the cabinets where we kept the Tupperware containers. He then got back up to the table and put his lunch in it deciding he would save it for later I guess.
Elijah is definitely observant. Today after we dropped the kids off at school I proceeded to take us home. Elijah started saying to me "not that way. See horse's other way". I usually go by a small farm that have 2 horses in the field but today with the rain I did not think they would be out. I told him the horses were in the barn and we would be going home. He said "OK home this way" and we continued home. It's amazing that our 2 year old watches where we go and how we get there as much as he does.