My kids are full of questions these days. Normally, I am very pleased to impress them with my vast knowledge of the differences between an “S” and the number “5″, a horse and a zebra, and their left hand and right.
To my kids, my husband and I are just Brill-Yunt. And that is just the best.
But they are now 3 and nearly 5. They’re asking some tough questions. Here are but a few that have stumped us for just a few seconds, if not longer.
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They range from the literal…
How does spider man talk without a mouth?
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To the confused…
How does Green Lantern fly without a cape?
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To the gross….
Why does poop look like tree bark?
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To the scientific….
Why is pee yellow?
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To the uncomfortable….
Why is our cat going to have kittens?
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To the endearing…
When I get older, can I have a baby? One without batteries?
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To the self-esteem boosting….
When I get older, will my bum get bigger and bigger…like YOURS?
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To the most random….
What does a tooth sound like when it falls out?
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To the unexplainable…
What sound do people make when they pass away?
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And the logical…
Mom, what is a none-a-gon?
(and an unexpectedly brilliant answer…)
Mom, A “none-a-gon” is a CIRCLE!
Because it has NONE sides!
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I mean, really THINK about that last one.
A “none-a-gon” is a circle? Because it has “none” sides?
When did we stop being able to think and ask questions like that?
Kids are innovative and inquisitive by nature.
I do hope they stay that way.
What a gift!
WHAT AWESOME QUESTIONS ARE YOUR KIDS ASKING?
Nicely written! I like how you phrased their questions with a theme above them Trish! ;
Thanks so much, Ava! Some of them can fit into multiple themes, I think. haha!
And oh, I have to give the “NONE-a-gon” answer and A+!!! Brilliant!
Just brilliant! 
Ava- our daughter told us about none-a-gons about 6 months ago and it still amazes me. It just makes too much sense. ha!
Ha ha my daughter ended the day with ‘why is pee yellow?’, I think my answer was something lame like ‘it just is’ – by the end of the day I am so tired and answering tough questions makes my brain hurt!!
Ali- I think your answer was the same as my answer!!!
You have some very curious kids. Keep nurturing that curiosiy or else they will lose it once they start school. What a sweet couple of children you have. Maybe you can share some of your best answers
Oh, Goodness, Lisa- You overestimate me if you think I can even answer at all half the time!
Thanks for this little giggle today. So many questions, I can’t think of them.
Lisa- I know- It is hard to recall on command which questions our kids have asked. It’s why I try to make a point to record them….
A few days ago my youngest saw a movie about Big Foot. She then came to me and very seriously asked, “Mom, can we go searching for Big Foot in the woods?” (We live backed up to a green way and it is a wooded area we can see from our back yard) She then went outside and started digging and making “fake” Big Foot prints in the dirt. When my husband got home she demonstrated the “prints” and said she wanted to lead the Big Foot search. Priceless =)
Cynthia- I can see you helping her to find big foot- Only, I bet your hubby would be prone to dress up and terrorize the neighborhood just for kicks, too!
HAHAHAHA! YOU KNOW IT! I bet he would scare them just enough to have them all piled up in our bed! Only to show up at my window growling!
Love this! I’ve been answering a lot of questions about marriage lately. As in, can I marry (insert name of same-sex best friend) when I’m older? And so on. My stock answer “Of course, you can, you just won’t be able to grow any babies” has been working for my daughter for three years, but she’s recently caught on to the fact that if she marries someone with a penis, then she can grow babies with them, but if she marries someone without a penis, she can’t. You see where this is going. ACK!!! We’ve talked sex in the context of mitochondria DNA and cell division and I am NOT ready to leave that format! *panic!panic!*
Desi- You are so smart. When my kid asks about that 3 letter word, I’m going to talk about mitosis. THAT is how we’ll start the birds and bee discussion. Thank YOU!
cute post!
Thanks, Johanna- Still love your great post about your losses. It was quite excellent.
Brilliant questions!
Thank you, Nomads! I haven’t seen you in awhile- I need to stop by and check you out!!! Thank you for the comment!
That Miracle Grow Butt question had me laughing my own big butt off! Bravo – this was a wonderful (and much needed) post. Thanks for the smiles.
Nami-The best part about the question is the context. She mentioned it because she kept falling into the adult toilet at the mall. It was crowded, the line was out the door with ladies waiting. She was trying to express that when she got bigger she’d stop falling into toilets because her tail end would grow huge like mine. Awesomeness. Pure Awesomeness.
Clearly you’re not a comic geek, or the first two questions wouldn’t have even phased you. (I am not a comic geek, but living with a geeky husband has given me all the tools needed.)
Some of my “best” ones fromy my 4 1/2 year old have been: “If Poppy died before I was born, is he still part of our family?” and “If Grendel was really alive in the world, does that mean Beowulf would be alive in the world too?”
Meanwhile, he has stopped phrasing converstions about babies as questions, because he doesn’t like my answers. So now we have conversations more like this:
Him: When I grow up I’m going to grow a baby in my tummy.
Me: That sounds lovely. Just remember that boys can’t actually grow babies, only ladies can.
Him: But grown-up boys can.
Me: No, sweetie, boys and men can’t grow babies in their tummies. That’s something only ladies can do.
Him: *long pause* When I grow up, I’m going to be a lady.
…in retrospect, I really should have seen that coming…
Jo- Your kids are just too smart!!!! I love that “I’m gonna be lady” comment. I’m sure your hubby was thrilled with that one! But, really- he just followed your logic, Jo. I also love that your kids know about Beowulf and Grendel at 4.5!!! THAT is so cool. BTW- Have you read Gardner’s Grendel? Hands-down- one of my fave books in the entire world. Love how he made Grendel into a child-beast- makes him so much more “pathetic” in the literary sense (and not the more raw insulting one).
My favorite of all time is fromm John, when he was 3. We were riding in the car and (completely out of the blue) he said, “Mom, what do salamanders eat?”
That is an odd question! I can only imagine what your answer was.
Actually, I have no idea what salamanders eat, myself. I’ll have to google that now. Thanks, Bridget. 
Wow, all totally great questions. And yes, Tricia, “Why is pee yellow?”
Mike- I should know the answer to that question by now- But I haven’t looked it up yet! ha!
That noneagon riddle is awesome. Is there really such a thing? I love your daughter’s question about her bum, too
I bet she was more hopeful than worried about it! My daughter loves my “biggest tummy of all” and aspires to that.
There is a nunagon, Chrissy- but it is nine-sided. The None-A-Gon, is something my daughter came up with out of the blue. Blew my mind.