While at the mall over the weekend, I overheard two moms discussing their toddlers, bemoaning the fact that each of their children had discovered the magical word ‘why’. They continued they felt like they were close to driving their cars off the road within minutes of any outing, as the ‘why’s” started the moment the engine started.
I didn’t have the heart to completely break their spirits; to tell them the questions never stop, they just become more complicated, confusing and obtuse.
Here’s a small sampling of rapid-fire questions from Jordan and Jamie over the past week (for the record, the majority of questions were followed in such quick succession with other questions Jim and I escaped answering most of them):
- Who hacked Playstation?
- Why is it called Good Friday if it was such a bad day for Jesus?
- Is driving hard?
- What are those birds doing?
- Is this milk (bread, ice cream, food product) expired?
- What are you watching?
- Do I have a fever?
- What are you eating?
- What just happened?
- Where are my shoes?
- Does this (food product) smell okay?
- Do you know the cat threw up?
- Can I have a cell phone?
- Why do people smoke when it’s bad for them?
- Are you speeding?
- Would you break the law if we were poor?
- What did you do with our Tooth Fairy teeth?
- Can we flood where we live?
- Is Barack Obama happy?
- Why is who you vote for a secret?
- Is the weather bad because 2012 is coming?
Jordan and Jamie are apparently too busy to notice Jim and I are both in the fetal position by the end of the week, crying and rocking in the corner with earplugs on.
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