on being grateful:
Me: Hey Koda, we need to be so grateful for all the things that we have! There are a lot of kids, mama's and daddies who don't have apples, or food or a toothbrush, toys and Koda some kids don't even have a house. So we always need to be grateful for the thigns that we do have.
Koda: Sorry for being not patient for my apple, I am grateful for it now. But why don't they have toys or food?
Me: It's kind of hard to explain but sometimes daddies and mama's loose jobs or are just having a hard time, so they go without a lot of things when they don't have money. Does that make sense?
Koda: yea, makes sense, but why don't they have toys? Can we buy them dinosaurs from the thrift store for Christmas and can I give them my towel and bed and toys? I don't need any of those things that I have.
Me: would you like to buy toys and a few other things for some kids who don't have many things coming for Christmas ?
Koda: Oh yea let's do it! But instead of buying dinosaurs, let's buy them a house! That way they don't have to live under the bridge and their daddies dont' have to ask for money on the corner!
GO BIG OR GO HOME!
On killing animals:
koda: who was that you were talking to?
Me: Uncle Jeff, he killed a big big mule deer in Montana that weighed more than he does!
Koda: WHAT? uncle jeff can't kill animals! God made animals to walk, and stomp and play and growl, NOT KILL!
Me: Oh Man, Koda, well, Uncle Jeff and pawpaw went hunting for food. Uncle jeff killed that deer so he will have meat in his freezer like we do.
Koda: WHAT are you talking about, mama?
Me: well, see, you know when we eat red meat, that's the cow that the farmer raised for us, you know, the guy who delivers our meat to the parking lot?
Koda: oh yea yea.........
Koda: So beef.... is cow and so..... Chicken is real CHICKENS?
We may be rasiing a vegetarian!
On black smoke:
Koda: Oh mama, make that truck pull over so I can tell him that that black smoke from his pipe is bad for the earth and he needs to fix it!
On the city tagging trees in our river bed:
Koda: Hi Mr, Um, you can't put ribbons on our trees out here! My daddy says if you tag them then you will probably cut them down! And if you cut them down, it will make our yard fall into the river and the air will be nasty because trees clean our air, so you can take those ribbons off!
TREE HUGGER for a thousand alex!
