explaining to a two-year old

one fine Sunday morning, my first child, Kyle, grabbed my hands and looked at my palm.. he said, "Mommy, bakit may sapot kamay mo, tsaka yung likod mo?"

i looked at my hands and noticed my skin changing.. in other words, nagbabalat.. at his young age, i thought of a simpler way of explaining this kind of skin transformation.. i struggled for the words to say.. i just then told him, "anak, nagbeach tayo last week di ba? medyo nangitim si mommy kasi naarawan.. because of that, nagbabalat na yung skin natin..para bumalik na yung dating puti ni mommy...

my son's eyes grew big with wonder.. he again asked me, "bakit ako mommy, di nagbabalat?" i told him that he's still too young para magbalat ang mga kamay..

i thought that should silence him.. but as it turned out, he was getting curiouser & curiouser (is that a word?) he asked me "bakit?" a million times... and super nahirapan ako sa pag-explain..

in the end, he told me, mommy, hayaan mo, pag malaki na ako, tatanggalin ko yung sun para di ka umitim...para, di ka na magbalat...

and i was left dumbfounded!