5 year old wisdom

Everyday my 5 year old son amazes me. He is smart and witty. He is bratty and plotting. He is kind and loving. He is very much a contradiction of traits and I think that's probably a good thing. He gives you the devil may care smile and charms your socks right off even though you know he is commandeering your best serving spoon and salt shaker to dig in the yard and catch bugs with. But today I seriously laughed out loud with his very insightful comment to me. Please enjoy.

Walking into the kitchen he says "Hey Mom, the bathroom smells like death."

I look at him trying to decide if that's what he really said and reply, "Like death?"

He says, "Oh yeah." And then wrinkles his nose up appropriately.

I say, "What does death smell like?"

His response, "It stinks!" And he walks away.

I literally stood there for a full minute and then just cracked up. Nothing like a conversation with my 5 year old to let me know I have fallen behind on the bathroom cleaning duties.