literal interpretation

This morning, out of nowhere:

Simeon: "Mama? Someday we're going to have to get me some kneepads. So I don't get scrapes... when I slip? And fall? And pads for my elbows. We're going to have to get some."

(I'm a little speechless at this point and can't think of what to say. Finally,...)

Mama: "Who talked to you about that?"

Simeon: "Yaya. She said I needed some kneepads, so we're going to have to get some for me."

There was no convincing him that his aunt MAY have been not entirely serious!