tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76462641389313292662023-11-15T09:09:09.899-08:00Jason and Sydney's Bedtime QuestionsEvery night at bedtime Jason and Sydney ask me the most amazing things. Finally I decided to record them.Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-2353130899957375492011-10-24T19:44:00.000-07:002011-10-24T19:54:09.448-07:00Boyfriends and cavemenJason: Did you have any boyfriends before Daddy?<div>Me: Why do you ask, Jason?</div><div>Jason: Because I just want to know. Come on, tell me! What were their names?</div><div><br /></div><div>Sydney: How did the first person come? Was it a baby that was just there alone, or was it an adult, and did God make that first person?</div><div>Me: Well, we don't really know. The Bible says God created a man and a woman...</div><div>Sydney: Oh, so then they had babies, and those babies had babies, and it just went on and on...</div><div>Me: That's what the Bible says, but we think maybe tiny creatures in water evolved over time into things like fish, and some of them evolved into things that could breathe in water and on land, so they left the water. Then all kinds of other animals evolved into things like apes, and some of those apes evolved into early people kind of like cavemen, which had bigger foreheads and smaller brains than people today. But we think they evolved into the earliest people.</div><div>Sydney: Oh yeah, those were the guys that drew on cave walls!</div>Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-56565274173449472732011-04-18T19:46:00.000-07:002011-04-18T19:56:23.828-07:00Zombies and tonguesJason: Can you dream or even think when you're dead?<br />Me: We don't know because...<br />Jason: [interrupting] That's right, because we're alive so we don't know what happens when you die. Babies know but when they get older they forget before they can tell anybody.<br />Me: Well, we...<br />Jason: [interrupting] But how would I tell you that I died? How would I talk to you [getting frustrated]<br />Me: Well, we...<br />Jason: [interrupting excitedly] That's right, we become undead zombies and then we rise up and talk. [maniacal laughter lasting awhile]<br />Me: No, that's definitely not what happens...<br /><br />Sydney: How can we taste and talk with our tongues at the same time??<br />Me: Because our tongues have taste buds on them that work together with smell to let us taste foods. But the tongue is also a muscle, and the tongue touches different parts inside of your mouth when you make different sounds.<br />Sydney: Oh yeah! Like when I make a "T" sounds my tongue touches up here, cool!Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-14140817529306250962011-04-12T19:38:00.000-07:002011-04-12T19:47:35.944-07:00Growing and breathingJason: How did the first tree grow, without a seed?<br />Me: We don't know. It is a mystery if the seed existed first, or the tree existed first. Some people ask that question about chickens: "What came first, the chicken or the egg?"<br />Jason: I wish I could have been there to see the first tree grow - then I would know the answer.<br /><br />Sydney: How do people get the wind knocked out of them?<br />Me: If someone gets hit in their stomach very hard by something, then the air gets pushed up and squeezed up out of their lungs. It makes it hard to breathe for a minute or two.<br />Sydney: Yeah, it happened to me three times: in the summer when I fell 6 feet onto my belly at the park near Aunt Erin's house, once at school on the playground, and today when I banged my belly into the corner of the table at the Pizza place. It was really scary. What if I got the wind knocked out of me forever, and the air never came back?<br />Me: That's not what happens. The air always fills up your lungs again pretty quickly.Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-73525348784998024052011-03-31T20:35:00.000-07:002011-04-01T07:28:11.865-07:00Coffee and canyonsJason: Why did all the airplanes they tried to make in the old days not work? They were really bad designs.<br />Me: Because it took a long time for someone to design a plane that could actually fly safely.<br />Jason: Yeah, those brothers really couldn't make a good plane. What was the name of those brothers -- oh yeah, the Dutch Brothers.<br />Me: It is the Wright brothers who you are talking about, and they did build the first plane that actually worked. The Dutch Brothers is the name of the drive-through coffee place around the corner!<br /><br />Sydney: You know that huge giant that stomped around and made the canyons and lakes and everything high up - way back back a long time ago?<br />Me: No, what giant are you talking about? Giants aren't real...<br />Sydney: No, Mommy, you are wrong - we learned all about it in social studies. It was a giant that existed before the dinosaurs. I saw a picture of it and I want to know how it was made.<br />Me: (silent, totally confused)Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-72708860681988787712011-03-20T21:24:00.000-07:002011-03-20T21:32:10.991-07:00Everything and the old daysJason: How did God make the grass grow and everything?<br />Me: I'm not sure. There was nothing, and then God made everything.<br />Jason: But why do we not see God, is it because he is inside of us?<br />Me: Kind of, it's like love. I love you, but I can't see it. I just know it.<br />Jason: Well I know I love you because you're my mom and I'm your kid. That's how I know.<br /><br />Sydney: How do things change, like how Grandma and Grandpa were talking about how things were different in the old days?<br />Me: Because people learn more and more things as time passes, so they can make things better and easier. Do you think things are better now than in the old days, or worse?<br />Sydney: Things are better now. Kids used to have to go outside and carry back water from a well when they were thirsty in the old days, now we just turn the tap in the sink. I would also never want to live in the old days of George Washington because of the really bad teeth...Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-12030169807006569942011-02-26T20:07:00.000-08:002011-02-26T20:08:10.871-08:00Dogs and GodsJason: How did the first dog come?<br />Me: Dogs are related to wolves, just like cats are related to lions and tigers. So a long time ago there were wolves and people started bringing some of them in their houses to live. Little by little those dogs liked people and weren't wild anymore, and they became the earliest domestic dogs - dogs that live with people.<br />Jason: But how did the first wolf and wild dogs come?<br />Me: Good question...<br /><br />Sydney: Why is God in our bellies?<br />Me: Why do you think God is in our bellies?<br />Sydney: Well, then what part of our body is God in?<br />Me: God is everywhere.<br />Sydney: Oh right, even in the air.Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-19667267790130246012011-02-14T19:30:00.000-08:002011-02-15T13:44:28.206-08:00First people and Valentine's DayJason: The first person who came to this planet, how were they alive?<br />Me: Well, you know what Apes are right? Well there were apes, and then a group of them moved away and over a long time they learned how to cook and make fire and make sounds and pictures to let others know what they were thinking - they were cavemen. Those cavemen over time learned to speak and write and make more inventions and they became people.<br />Jason: Oh yeah, that makes sense! There was no first person, just cavemen!<br /><br />Sydney: Why on Valentine's Day do we give out candies and other sweets?<br />Me: Because Valentine's day makes us think of our sweethearts and we want to give sweets and treats to our sweethearts.Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-63424230761030682782011-01-27T19:34:00.001-08:002011-01-28T08:24:54.471-08:00Reincarnation and Martin Luther King, Jr.Jason: I am sad that Grandpa Sol died - really sad. I still want to know if people come back again. If they come back a baby.<br />Me: I know, you've asked that before but we don't know. We don't know what happens when you die because we are still alive.<br />Jason: But Mommy, I just want to know what happens - that's all. You are not telling me the truth.<br />Me: I am telling you the truth, Jason. We don't know the answer. You only know the answer once you die.<br />Jason [exasperated]: But, then people WON'T remember once they are born new babies. They WON'T be able to tell us!<br /><br />Sydney: Mommy, why in the old days did they have signs that said "Black" or "White" for where people with different color skin should go? I mean, in the days of Martin Luther King?<br />Me: I don't know, but it was wrong. It was wrong because we are all people and nobody should be treated better than anyone else.<br />Sydney: I know - I learned all about it in school. Did you know there was a lady who didn't know that people with brown skin had to sit in the back of the bus, so she sat where the white people sat. And the police came and took her away?!<br />Me: Yes, her name was Rosa Parks.<br />Sydney: Yeah, that was really sad. If I had white skin and you had brown skin we wouldn't have been able to sit together. But then Martin Luther King came and fixed it all.Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-22248259963197020732011-01-24T20:13:00.000-08:002011-01-25T07:58:40.933-08:00In the old days...Jason: In the old times, why couldn't people makes clocks, how did they tell time?<br />Me: What do you think they used?<br />Jason: The sun - they knew what time it was by whether the sun was up or down. They also used sundials to tell time. But they didn't have calendars, right?<br />Me: They used the moon as a calendar - when the moon was whole again, they knew that a new month had started.<br />Jason: Good thing we didn't live back then, because we don't know how to tell time by the sun and days by the moon!<br /><br />Sydney: In the old times of the Pilgrims, kids had to work all of the days – cooking, cleaning, planting, everything. They didn’t just get to play. But we can, we have freedom.<br />Me: What is freedom?<br />Sydney: It means that you can play if you want to, or go to school. You can do anything you want – like play or do video games -- if your mom says it’s okay.<br /><br />[Note: Right before bed I was reading the kids a Magic Tree House book about Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims, that is what sparked them to ask me independently about the "old times"]Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-86117580580031351992011-01-24T11:24:00.000-08:002011-01-24T11:59:51.302-08:00Pain and moviesJason: Do you know what? My ear was hurting so bad that I just couldn’t stand it. I asked God to help me feel better, but he didn’t want to help me. Why?<br />Me: I don’t know, Jason. Sometimes things just hurt. But you did finally get better, right?<br />Jason: Yes, I feel better now. But I am afraid I am going to have a nightmare from that movie at Lucas’ birthday party – Underdog. It was scary in parts, and I just can’t get it out of my brain. I know I am going to have nightmares about it.<br />[Jason suddenly developed a bad internal ear infection that was misdiagnosed as "swimmer's ear", and his eardrum burst before he got the right medicine - oral antibiotics]<br /><br />Sydney: Why do they make scary movies? I don’t like it. Underdog had bad guys in it that scared me. I don't want to have bad dreams. I like nice girl movies with happy endings. Movies about nice things – why don’t they make more of those? Why don’t they make only those kinds of nice movies?<br />Me: Well, they think the scary parts make a movie more exciting. Even princess movies, like Snow White and Cinderella, have bad guys. But they usually do have a happy ending…Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-78628547191616257152011-01-08T11:47:00.000-08:002011-01-08T12:06:34.077-08:00Chicken and babiesJason: Do you know that when you eat chicken, you are eating a real chicken?<br />Me: Yes<br />Jason: But we're not supposed to hurt animals! I don't like that...<br /><br /><br />Sydney: How do babies come?<br />Me: Well, the most important thing is that there's a mommy to carry the baby in her tummy. But to make a baby you need cells from a man and cells from a women, then you put them together and that grows in the mommy's belly into a baby...Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-64773154734843693502011-01-01T09:23:00.000-08:002011-01-01T09:27:00.161-08:00The new year!Jason: What will we do in this new year?<br />Me: I don't know - all kinds of adventures I'm sure. What would you like to do in 2011?<br />Jason: Well, I am afraid to go camping, because there are bears. But I'd like to do fun things as a family - like maybe some hiking or skiing. I was going to say play lots of video games, but I didn't think you'd like that...<br /><br />Sydney: You know what? I think 2011 will be even better than this year. I think we will be gooder than we were in 2010. We will listen better and concentrate better. And we won't talk rudely.Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-84726008935511286082010-12-11T09:16:00.001-08:002010-12-11T10:17:24.433-08:00Death and animalsJason: When we die, do we come back again?<br />Me: We don't know. We don't know because we are all alive - maybe we come back again as a baby.<br />Jason (upset): But I don't want to get my penis get cut again, like Aunt Jen's baby did at his bris!<br />Me: What happens when we die is one of the great mysteries. Maybe we come back as a flower, or a baby, or nothing at all.<br />Jason (more upset): A flower? That would be a silly life. Someone would come and pick me and then I would die right away. Why would God want me to be a flower? God is not that powerful!<br /><br />Sydney: Why do lions and tigers roar so loudly? I don't like that. And I don't want to go in caves because there might be bears there.<br />Me: Animals are loud to protect themselves by scaring the other animals so they won't try to hurt them.<br />Sydney: Is that why the animals are in cages at the zoo, so nobody hurts them?Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-69646129755056765562010-11-17T19:38:00.000-08:002010-11-17T20:05:58.931-08:00God and schoolJason: How did God get made?<br />Me: How do you think God got made?<br />Jason: By oil and gas?<br />Me: Well most people think that God's always existed and nothing made God.<br />Jason: I think there are many Gods because they say "God is everywhere."<br /><br />Sydney: Why are kindergarten and grades so important?<br />Me: Because...<br />Sydney: I know, it's because you have to learn to read and write and listen, and say the appropriate words.<br />Me: Right!Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-44015402752435208462010-11-11T20:52:00.000-08:002010-11-11T21:00:18.696-08:00Old-fashioned times and tripletsJason: In old-fashioned times, how did people wipe their face, or blow their nose, or wipe their tooshies? There were no paper towels, tissues, or tiolet paper, right?<br />Me: Well, they had napkins made of cloth that the used to wipe their face or blow their nose -- called handkechiefs -- and they just washed them after. I'm not sure what they used for toilet paper...<br />Jason: Well they must have used something!<br /><br />Sydney: My three [stuffed] doggies are triplets -- there are three of them and they were born on the same day. Is there a club for triplet moms?<br />Me: The "twin club" is really for moms of twins and triplets. There are two moms in the club who have triplets.<br />Sydney: Did you wish we were triplets?<br />Me: No. I was very happy with twins. I wanted exactly you and Jason.Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-4869500011341824902010-11-06T20:28:00.001-07:002010-11-06T20:33:06.837-07:00Superheros and questionsJason: Why do superheros always save the day? They get the bad guys and never die, but ninjas sometimes die fighting. I know, it's because superheros are just pretend. If I were a kid whose dad was a ninja and he died, that would be really sad. In the morning I am going to tell Daddy not to join the ninja team, because I don't want him to die.<br /><br />Sydney: I don't have any questions tonight. I used up all my questions at Hebrew school today.Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-85135282880261824362010-11-03T19:29:00.000-07:002010-11-03T19:36:46.456-07:00Birth and marriageJason: If Sydney grew in your belly, and I grew in Daddy's belly, who would we each belong to?<br />Me: You would both belong to both of us.<br />Jason: [After a long pause] If I grew in Daddy's belly, would he get really sick because men aren't supposed to have babies?<br /><br /><br />Sydney: I have a comment -- I don't want to get married.<br />Me: Why?<br />Sydney: Because I want to go somewhere special instead.<br />Me: [starting to answer] Well...<br />Sydney: I want to marry Miles in my class. But Jacob and Seth always tell me not to play with him or sit next to him. But I don't listen.<br />Me: You can sit next to whoever you want to.<br />Sydney: I sat next to Miles two times. I like his clothes.Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-85586078464416438412010-10-30T20:47:00.000-07:002010-10-30T20:51:51.958-07:00God and HalloweenJason: Do you know what? It's dark now in the mornings because God makes it that way. God makes everything - the sky, clouds, rain, snow, sun, flowers, everything. God even makes the seasons change.<br /><br />Sydney: Do spooky things come out when it's a full moon on Halloween? Like vampires, ghost and warewolves? Ethan told me that....Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-68309962671735249212010-10-25T19:28:00.000-07:002010-10-25T19:40:33.144-07:00Scariness and Justin BieberJason: Why do things have to be scary on Halloween? There is one house in Hood River decorated really creepy. I noticed it the other day.<br />Me: Halloween is fun because we try to scare people by dressing up and decorating in a scary way - it's fun because it's pretend. Does it bother you that Halloween is scary?<br />Jason: No - I love it! But how do the people who decorate their houses in scary ways not get creeped out?<br /><br />Sydney: Justin Bieber - I like him and I like his music. That's a comment. [A few minutes later:] Mommy, why do girls like Justin Bieber?<br />Me: I don't know - why do you like Justin Bieber?<br />Sydney: Because I like his songs and I like his posters. Is Jason the only boy in the world who likes Justin Bieber?<br />Me: No, I am sure that there are others.Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-1213250844959705222010-10-15T21:30:00.000-07:002010-10-15T21:37:33.934-07:00Friends and neighborsJason: Do you know that whenever Lucas is writing a name in his journal at school, I know that it's my name - Jason - he's writing. Or maybe sometimes Keirnan's too. I know that because we are his two favorites. I like playing with my friends at recess, but when it gets rough I leave because I don't want to get into trouble. Today, we started chasing kids and asking if they were part of the kingdom. It was getting wild, so when we stopped to make plans I decided to get out. I left so I wouldn't get in trouble again.<br /><br />Sydney: How come that man and lady were so nice today? I loved our nature walk, and I loved that the man and lady let us come pick their apples, squash and pears! They said we could come back whenever we want to get more. How come they were so nice? But we never did find the snail we were looking for...Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-42297877264050307262010-10-10T19:51:00.001-07:002010-10-10T19:56:56.815-07:00Actors and earringsJason: What would happen if there were no actors? Would there be nothing on TV?<br />Me: Probably not.<br />Jason: That would be bad because then we couldn't watch TV anymore.<br />Me: That's right, actors are important.<br />Jason: Yes - do you know that I want to be an actor?<br />Me: Really? Cool.<br />Jason: Yes. Actually, no - I want to be a spy.<br /><br />Sydney: Do I get to take my earrings out tomorrow?<br />Me: No, on Tuesday you get to take your earrings out and change them, because 8 weeks will have passed since you got your ears pierced.<br />Sydney: Yay! Can I buy a new pair?<br />Me: Maybe, as a special treat.Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-10233576582456138882010-09-29T19:39:00.000-07:002010-09-29T19:45:57.216-07:00Animals and the homelessJason: Why do people need bow and arrows? I know, it's because they want to hunt. Why do they want to hurt animals?<br />Me: Some people hunt for food.<br />Jason: I saw a cartoon today where a guy knocked on the door, and when someone answered the door, he shot them with a bow and arrow in the head and buried him. It was very funny.<br />Me: That's horrible. Why was it funny?<br />Jason: It was funny because it was just pretend, it wasn't real Mommy. Like for blood they used paint and ketchup. If it was real, it wouldn't have been funny.<br /><br />Sydney: What do homeless people do?<br />Me: Well, they don't have money or anywhere to live, so they usually just stand on the street and ask people for money so that they can eat.<br />Sydney: We are lucky because we have yummy food and a nice house to live in, right?<br />Me: Right. We are very lucky.Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-73583620401097183992010-09-22T19:29:00.000-07:002010-09-22T21:35:47.361-07:00The Seasons and The principalJason: When does the winter stop?<br />Eric: Winter stops with spring, it's 3 months long.<br />Jason How many days is that?<br />Eric: About 90 days<br />Jason: How many days are 10 months?<br />Eric: 300 days<br />Jason: Does it snow every day in the winter?<br />Eric: Not every day. It has to be really cold to snow, otherwise it's just rain.<br /><br />Sydney: Why did Jason do that - how did he get that note from the principal?<br />Me: He made a mistake and got in a fight during recess.<br />Sydney: I know, that's really bad.<br /><br />[Note: Today Jason was called into the principal's office after getting in a fight with a kid during recess. Apparently, Jason pushed a body down after he bullied his friend, Kim]Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-60926566278412821412010-09-20T19:38:00.001-07:002010-09-20T19:42:50.979-07:00Rocks and momsJason: How did rocks come to Earth?<br />Me: When the Earth was created, the rocks were just there. Kind of like the oceans too.<br />Jason: So no one brought them here?<br />Me: No.<br /><br />Sydney: Do you know that I wish I could be you?<br />Me: Really, why?<br />Sydney: Because you get to stay up late and make whatever you want for dinner.<br />Me: But if you were me, you'd also have to write news articles, cook and clean.<br />Sydney: Never mind...Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646264138931329266.post-81359216992690392442010-09-17T20:30:00.000-07:002010-09-17T20:44:39.611-07:00Tires and friendsJason: How does a tire lose its air and get flat?<br />Me: Usually either it drives over something sharp like a nail, or it gets old and starts to get cracks.<br />Jason: Are you proud that I found that nail in our driveway before it flattened your tire?<br />Me: Yes, very.<br /><br />Sydney: I wish you were still a little girl, and then we could grow together.<br />Me: I would love that. Do you think we'd be friends?<br />Sydney: Yes!Jason and Sydney's bedtime questionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760084101221590838noreply@blogger.com0