The Sunday school lesson was on the disciples waking Jesus because a storm had hit their ship. Frog asked her teacher, "How could Jesus be asleep? He's God, and God doesn't sleep."
Showing posts with label questions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label questions. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Perceptive
I've known for quite a long time that Little Frog is very perceptive. After all, she couldn't even talk yet when she asked me why the front window in the car didn't have a sun screen like the other windows did. But she's reached a new level this past week.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Mommy, why do you...
Sure, I get all the "normal" questions that kids ask "normal" stay at home moms.
L: Mommy, why do you put water on the chicken before you put it in the pan?
A: To rinse off the bacteria.
L: But what if you miss some germs?
A: The rest die in the oven, that's why we have to cook it all the way through.
L: Then why wash it, if the germs all die in the oven?
A: 1. Grammy taught me to do it this way. 2. I'd rather have bacteria wash down the drain than in my pans. 3. Because sometimes chickens fall in the plant or don't get plucked all the way, so rinsing off means that I get all the dirt and feathers that don't die in the oven. 4. Because if I didn't, Daddy would say, "Why didn't you rinse the chicken? Do you want us eating dead bacteria?"
L: Oh. I don't like feathers. Or dirt.
A: Me neither.
But sometimes, I get asked questions that "normal" stay at home moms certainly do t get.
L: Mommy, why do you use the brake four times with the bus, but just one time in the van?
A: They have different braking systems. This (bus) has an air brake system. If it hit it just once and hold down, then it'll let all the air pressure out, and the brakes won't stop the bus in time. So, I have to hit it over and over to make sure it'll stop. It's not always four times. How many times I hit it depends on how fast in going and how many kids are on my bus. But, you are right. I've done it exactly four times for the last three lights.
L: What kind of brakes does the van have?
A: The van and Daddy's car have disk brakes. If you hit them over and over, it wears the disks down more quickly, so just one time works better for them.
L: But you don't use the brake with Daddy's car. Why not?
A: Sometimes I do a little. But it's not as necessary because it has a different transmission system.
L: What's a transmission?
A: It controls not how fast the car is going, but how hard the engine has to work to make it go that fast. The bus and van have automatic transmission systems, so a computer controls the engine, once I tell it how fast to go. But the car has a manual system, so not only do I tell it how fast to go, but I tell it how hard to work to go that fast.
L: Oh. What kind does Grandad like?
A: Before he got arthritis, he liked manual transmissions, but now he likes automatic more.
L: No, what kind of brakes?
A: Oh. Um, I don't think Grandad is allowed to drive air brakes. I think he has to drive disk brakes.
L: I want to drive everything.
A: Ok. Sounds like a plan.
Yes, I gave Laura a basic knowledge of both of her parents' careers in the same day. She doesn't ask just normal questions, that kid.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Paul better get on it.
A: So, we're going to go have lunch with Miss Danyella today.
L: Do I know Miss Yella?
A: Uh... No. Probably not.
L: But who is she?
A: Uncle Paul's friend from high school, and now she's my friend.
L: And still Uncle Paul's?
A: Yes.
L: And he loves her?
A: Like a friend, yes. Not...romantically.
L: Is Uncle Paul going to get married someday?
A: Probably.
L: Well, I like my aunts Zina and Brenda. I want another one.
A: You're killing me, Smalls.
L: What?
A: Never mind. Finish your breakfast then clean your place off, please.
L: Then dressed?
A: Yes, please.
L: What color does Yella like?
A: You should be fine wearing pink. Why, do you want to impress her?
L: Is she pretty?
A: Yes.
L: Like a princess?
A: Yes.
L: Uncle Paul should marry her.
A: No. They're friends. And she has a boyfriend.
L: Oh. Are they going to get married?
A: Probably.
L: Can we go to the wedding and see her dressed like a princess?
A: Yes. Please eat now.
L: I want to get married and be a princess...
A: *sigh**
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Space-Time Continuum
L: Why are there two DeeDees?
A: Because one is from the future and one is from the past.
L: Are they twins?
A: No. They're the same woman.
L: Are they all DeeDees?
A: *sigh* Look, it's too early for me to coherently discuss the intricacies, complications, personal problems, theories, and identities of a league of _cartoon_ superheroes working to mend a disrupted time stream. Can we pick this up again in a couple hours? After I've slept for another hour. And showered. And dressed. And had coffee..
L: Why is one Batman red and the other one black?
A: *moans*
A: Because one is from the future and one is from the past.
L: Are they twins?
A: No. They're the same woman.
L: Are they all DeeDees?
A: *sigh* Look, it's too early for me to coherently discuss the intricacies, complications, personal problems, theories, and identities of a league of _cartoon_ superheroes working to mend a disrupted time stream. Can we pick this up again in a couple hours? After I've slept for another hour. And showered. And dressed. And had coffee..
L: Why is one Batman red and the other one black?
A: *moans*
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Whose child is this!?
Laura asked me why I call that thing "headphones." "It not a phone, Mommy! And it go in your ears, not on top your head!" Since I had no energy to explain tech design history or the definition of the root word "phon," I simply told her, "Ok, I'll call them 'ear speakers' from now on." She assumed a superior look, as if she'd just won the Semantics Olympics. I was ~just~ able to not laugh at her.
Monday, October 24, 2011
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