Questions

There's nothing like a 4-year-old to help you remember (or realize you forget) the random stuff you learned in elementary school.  This was my conversation with Lily the other day:

Lily (looking out at the rain):  Mom, what is water made out of?
Me: 2 parts hydrogen and one part oxygen
Lily: and what else?
Me: Nothing else...(I commence to give her my very limited understanding of chemistry in 4-year-old language.)
Lily: Oh.  What are bones made out of?
Me: I don't know, should we look it up on the internet?
Lily: Sure.  What's the internet?
Me: It's the thing on the computer that lets us look stuff up. (We read what bones are made of)
Lily: What are feathers made of?
We look it up. (keratin, by the way)
Lily: Mom, what are tree stumps made out of?
Me: Tree stumps?
Lily: Yah, I just know that because there are a lot of them in this world. 
Me: Oh, yah.  (I go to look it up, then remember) They're made of wood. 
Lily: What is hair made out of?
Me: Keratin, I think...
And then TJ came and distracted us by wanting a popsicle.

I love curious minds.  It's my favorite when she asks me random questions like she figures I must know everything. Lucky thing I know about the internet!