Me: That's an ampersand, honey.
C: A what?
M: An ampersand.
C: What is a 'persand?
M: An ampersand is used in place of the word ... "and" ... in a sentence, when you, uh, don't want to write the word "and".
C: A persand is a place in a word?
M: Uh, no, it's a symbol used in place of a word. When you, um, learn to write sentences you will write the word "and" and sometimes, if you want, you can use ... an ... ampersand ...?
(Cub pauses.)
C: But does it have big muscles?
M: Yes. It has big muscles and it is very fast. It might even glow in the dark.
C: WOW! Persands are AWESOME!
You're welcome.
Have a lovely day.
LOL! This is so funny. Do you ever find yourself explaining something (kind of like this) to them and realize, "why am I explaining so much detail of this...they totally don't get it and really don't need to" and then realize your toddler has the same confused expression on their face? I do this all the time and then go right into your explanation of muscles and glowing abilities to save myself. Haha.
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