We go to dinosaur museums, and read books about dinosaurs all the time.? The kids know all about dinosaur bones and fossils.
Last night, after reading a dinosaur book with SuburbanMommy before bed, Thing 1 asked her “How did the dinosaurs die?”.? SuburbanMommy’s response: “Ask Daddy”.
It’s not a question I’ve thought about. At least not in a very long time.? Maybe I should have paid more attention when we visited the Natural History Museum.
My immediate answer was that a meteor crashed into the earth, causing so much smoke and ash, that the sun was blocked and the Ice Age ensued.? SuburbanMommy thought I was making it up.? Who knows where I got it from.? I probably got the idea from a movie.? Or an episode of Backyardigans.
Some Google searching this morning made me feel a little better, or not, about my answer.? I found some support for my meteor killing the dinosaurs theory.? But I also found several other explanations – disease, volcano, or climate change.
Last night’s question about dinosaurs has made me think of some questions of my own.? If a not even 5 year old can stump his parents, what’s going to happen when he gets a little older?? Forget about not being smarter than a 5th grader.? I’m not sure I am smarter than a 5 year old.
Everyone knows that the real reason is http://a1.vox.com/6a00cdf3acc9b3cb8f00e398a587610003-pi
“Go look it up.” That’s what my mom always told me.
I remember asking my parents “If God made everything, who made God?”
Yikes. Glad I’m not a parent! :)
I know this is coming up in the next year or two.. ugh.