Mommy, do spiders eat seaweed?

[wildeyed]

Mommy, what's a septic tank?

These are some of the questions my four year old asked today. Where do they come up with this stuff, lol? She is really cute, and I know she is trying to figure out the world, and that she enjoys my attention, but sometimes I do wish she had a mute button. The questions are endless right now.

So what are some of the funny questions your kids ask/asked? I know you have some good ones :)

[SW FL Dem]

1. It's been a long time, but I remember that stage.

The one question that sticks in my mind is when my son asked me to show him where heaven is on the map. We had been talking about different places and he knew my dad had passed so he wanted me to show him where Grandpa John lived.

[wildeyed]

4. So sweet.

Mine is obsessed with maps, too. They have been doing maps at pre-school. Probably the only reason I haven't been questioned about the location of heaven is my daughter goes to the Unitarian pre-school, so of course they don't discuss that.

[Sabriel]

2. My 3 y.o. asked where Grandma and Grandpa live

The 5 y.o. responded, "They live in Florida...you know...this state that's shaped like a penis." Then she went back to working on the United States puzzle she was doing.

[wildeyed]

3. LOL!

That comment is so insightful on so many levels.

[trotsky]

5. "Daddy, how did George Bush get to be president?"

He was, of course, asking in the general sense - how does a person become the president.

But being the good Democrat I am, I pointed out to him that he tricked people into thinking he was something he was not.

My son summarized: "So he pretended to be good but he's really bad?"

*proud papa* :) :) :)

[wildeyed]

6. Well isn't that the question we are all asking? Smart kid!

I taught the baby to respond to the question "what does W stand for?" with WRONG! Trotted it out for the repub inlaws. Bad Mommy! :spank:

[trotsky]

8. LOL

When he first asked it, the first thing I said was, "You know, a lot of people wonder about that!" But then I had to come up with SOME sort of answer that would make sense to his curious little 5-y.o. mind (because you KNOW they just don't stop until they get an answer they like!).

[wildeyed]

11. Oh yeah, they don't stop.

When my daughter was asking about the septic system, the second question she asks was, Mommy, what is a sewer system?

Then, Do we have a sewer system or a septic system?

Then she makes a statement, Well the sewer system is full.

So finally I ask a question, What do you mean??????

She says, Well, the toilet is overflowing, so the sewer system must be full.

I say, Oh shit!!!! Which was a really appropriate statement, considering.

There is a method to their madness sometimes!

[CornField]

7. Exactly how long is "just a moment"?

That's my stock reply when they ask for something when I'm busy. LOL!

After telling my oldest about the birds and the bees, Mr. CornField and I asked if she had any questions. (I should add here that Mr. CornField was very nervous, anxious and mostly uncomfortable throughout the talk.) Of course our daughter turns first to her dad and asks if he really does put his penis inside mom's vagina. He answered that he did. Then she asked, "Does it feel good in there or something?"

[trotsky]

9. LMAO

"Does it feel good in there"... holy crap, was your husband able to keep a straight face?

[wildeyed]

10. We are all dying to know,

what did he say? Poor man must have been ready to go through the floor with embarrassment. I know my husband would have been bright red!

[CornField]

12. To his credit

He quickly responded "yes" (no detail added at all) and then mumbled some excuse and hustled out of the room.

He tells me it was one of those moments when you wish for an airplane to fall from the sky and land directly on your head. :)

[tigereye]

13. those types of questions are wonderful

and exasperating. They make you realize that you haven't really thought about the question, or have taken the event/thing they ask about for granted. I always learned a lot from answering those types of questions when my kid asks/asked them. :)

[SmokingJacket]

14. "Do butterflies remember when they were caterpillars?"

And to his brother: "What are you going to smoke when you grow up: cigar, cigarette, or pipe?"

Mine is four too -- what a great age!!! But the questions are non-stop.