confetti!

Jason: How do they make confetti? Why do giraffes have such long necks?

Sydney: How do birthdays come? When we move back to Maryland, will we come back and visit here?

[Note: Today was Jason and Sydney's birthday party, that is the reason for the talk about confetti and birthdays]

invisibility and the factory

Jason: Why is air invisible? How do they make tires, and how do they pump up tires? How does the pump get air?

Sydney: Do they make crowns in a factory? Do they make cake in a factory?

Guest stars

[Note: My parents, who are visiting from Maryland, put the kids to bed tonight. This is what they said:]

Jason [In response to whether he has any questions for Grandma]: Nope, I don't have any of those...I need more time to think.


Sydney [In response to whether she has any questions for Grandpa]: I only ask questions on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Lightening, lava and marriage

Jason: How does lightening come? I know what the sun is made of: gas and lava. But where does lava come from?

Sydney: What helps us grow and grow and grow, until we are an adult? How do friends meet friends who they marry?

Birthday on the mind

Jason: How do you get to be one, then two, then three, then four, then five, then six, then seven, then eight? How does that happen?

Sydney: Why do people get older on their birthdays? How do they make cake?

[Today was Jason and Sydney's 5th birthday!]

Explosions and birthdays

Jason: Were all of the other planets made from the same explosion that made the Earth?

Sydney: What is it going to be like to be five years old? I don't know what kinds of things I am going to do.

[Note: Tomorrow is Sydney and Jason's 5th birthday!!]

eyes and rain

Jason: Why do people have different colored eyes? Like I have blue and you have brown? Does Daddy have blue eyes?


Sydney: How do they make rainbows when it rains? Like, are they tiny little drops of different colored rain?