Sea shells, pasta shells and Scottish bears
My kids ask a lot of questions. Sometimes they come from out of the blue, sometimes they are influenced by what is going on around them (or on a screen in front of them). But the context doesn’t make much difference. They still don’t make sense.
So I present to you my ever curious daughter and, making a rare appearance in a question post, my younger son…
B2 age 8 3/4: Do sea creatures eat pasta shells, but they’re real shells?
B2 age 8 3/4: Do you think the Prime Minister is ever talking to some people and he does a fart?
(Watching Brave)
LG age 6 1/4: Do people really do that in Scotland, turn into bears?
(In the cinema)
LG age 6 1/2: You know that trees make you breathe? How can we breathe in here?
LG age 7: Is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory a true story? Is Polar Express a true story?
(Watching Britain’s Got Talent)
Simon Cowell: You could sing the phone book.
LG age 7: What’s the phone book?
(Reads sign)
LG age 7: ‘No dogs allowed’ and I know why because the might poo on the pitch and someone might fall in it. What if they had their mouths open? They would be sick. They might even die.
LG age 7: Mummy, how long would it take to make a bike?
Wouldn’t it be ace if Charlie and the chocolate factory was real?? Not sure i want to think about the Prime Minister farting though!! 🙂
Aww so cute. I do love it. x
Whats the phone book! I love that, this internet generation are totally missing a whole load of cultural references that adult use all the time. They’ll probably also ask why we “wind” down the window – we don’t wind any more, we just push a button.
Oh my word your kids are DEEP! I wouldn’t have thought past getting poo on my shoe!
The concept of pasta shells that are real shells is mind blowing!
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Wow, such intellectual observations! Just wondering….how do you reply to the questions you don’t know the answer to?
Ouch! What’s the phone book? Are we that old that we remember the phone book 🙂
I didn’t think of that about the phone book!! Non existent now! The dog pop comment made me crack up!! Brilliant 🙂 xx
I’m guessing you were watching The Lorax?! Those trees are epic!
Love the comments, very inquisitive little people 🙂 x
These all sound like very reasonable questions to me! Bean x
I am SO sure the PM farts at total inappropriate moments – love it xxx
How on earth do you come up with answers for them?! Seriously thoughtful children! Love the Prime Minister one, made me giggle x
I fear Im going to be pondering about the Prime Minister question now!
Thanks very much, everyone. Most of the time I don’t bother answering the questions if they are too silly! Obviously I can say with some certainty the Charlie & the Chocolate Factory isn’t real and that I don’t know if the PM has ever farted!
My daughter would hate Charlie to be real, Tas. She’s terrified of it! And Polar Express, hence the questions. She knows some films and programmes are real and had to be sure those films weren’t.
We weren’t watching The Lorax, so I have no idea where the tree thought came from at that particular moment, Mini Mes!
It hadn’t crossed my mind that kids wouldn’t know what the phone book was.
PMSL my favourite there is the cinema one.
Thanks very much 🙂 I love that everyone has their own particular favourites!
Great, love their random thoughts, questions – you have to imagine how many more there are that they don’t ask! X
The mind boggles! Mine have slowed down a bit now, but I used to go to bed quite exhausted from the constant questioning. x
Hehehe kids say the funniest things, thank you for joining in with this weeks “Smile it’s Friday”
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Thanks, Dawn! A pleasure to join in, I’m glad I found your lovely link. I’ll be back!