I know that children learn by asking questions, but...

...the process can really drive one crazy.

Here are some of our evening conversations. Aidan talks nonstop, so it would be impossible to record it all.

Aidan: What should we do tonight?
Mom: Well, after dinner we are going to a meeting about our neighborhood. It's at Grayson's school, so you can see what his school looks like.
Aidan: Oh, yeah...that's cool... Why are we going to a meeting?
Mom: It will be all people from our neighborhood.
Aidan: (interrupting) will the school people tell us how to do things?
Mom: No, we're just meeting at the school to have somewhere to meet. We're going to talk about landscaping. We're going to talk about whether every house should have at least one tree and some bushes.
Aidan: We have two trees.
Mom: Right. So we don't have to do anything.
Aidan: Well you said one tree.
Mom: At least one tree. That means we can have more than one.
Aidan: Will we have to rip out our tree in the back yard?
Mom: No!
Aidan: Well you said one tree.
Mom: AT LEAST ONE TREE. That means we have to have one, and more is fine.
Aidan: Okay, at the meeting they will tell people to have one tree in the front and one tree in the back.
Mom: Well, actually they will tell people they have to have one in the front. It doesn't matter what's in the back yard...
Aidan: Yeah, at least one tree. One in the front and one in the back.
Mom: No... oh, forget it.

So we go to the meeting, which is an HOA meeting to vote on a change to our neighborhood regulations to require people to have landscaping (many have none). The HOA is paying for it. We are really interested, because the neighborhood is starting to look kind of ghetto...

(At the meeting)
Gresham: da da da da da da da da da da
Aidan: (loud whisper) Why do we have to sit in chairs here?
Mom: SHHHHH!
Gresham: Ohhhhhhh Ohhhhh da da da da
Aidan: Mom I saw toys
Mom: SHHHHH! Aidan, sit back in your chair.
Aidan: I don't have room because Honeybear is sitting there so he can see what's going on.
Mom: Just sit down, please.
Man asking a question: So if we add landscaping, it will add 7-10% to our house value, so then they will assess my taxes higher and I will have to pay more taxes and it will cost me sooo much money.
Man running the meeting: Well, we can't make decisions like that. Let's start burning some houses down so we won't have to pay as much taxes....
Gresham: mommm mommm da da da da
Aidan: Can I sit on the floor?
Mom: No. SHHHHHH!

Gresham never stopped making noise, but stopped as soon as we left (after 20 min.)

Gresham is getting closer to walking! When we got home, he pulled up to standing several times and took one step before falling!