Life, the Universe, and Everything.

It's been quite a while since I've been able to make a post! The addition of our new Munchkin to the family may have partly contributed to that - Marceline Emilie-Rue arrived on July 29, 2012. And is cute as a button! Or two buttons! Anyway! My oldest Munchkin and I had a pretty interesting conversation tonight.

Lily: *playing Katamari Damacy, and rolling up the Sphinx in the game* Wow, this is a BIG kitty statue. 

Me: Yep. That's called the Sphinx. Kinda like a lion. People built them in the desert, a very long time ago. The desert is very far away from here.

Lily: Oh yeah. I know that's far. So people built it a real long time ago?

Me: Uh-huh. Before any of us were born at all. Thousands and thousands of years ago.

Lily: Like when Gramma and Grampa were born?

Me: Even longer than that. Before any of us were here and born.

Lily: Well, where did we all come from? Like, people. Where did they come from before there was no one on the earth?

Me: You're asking hard questions tonight.

Lily: I know. But what HAPPENED? Did you just appear and then have me?

Me: Not really, babe. Remember when we went to Sunday school, and you learned about -

Lily: Where I went with Abby? (Her favorite cousin) When me and Abby played there?

Me: Yeah, that one. Remember how they taught you about God there, and God making the earth?

Lily: Ohhhhh YEAH! That guy! I remember that.

Me: Okay, well. Some people believe that God made the earth, and all of the people, a really long time ago.

(Husband interjects - 'Some people think we came from monkeys, though!' Lily proceeds to laugh hysterically and then ignore him.)

Lily: Well, who made God then? SOMEone had to make him, 'cause where would he come from?

Me: Hmm. I think God would have always been around. Forever and ever. He was just always there before anything else, since he made everything.

Lily: But I want to know where he CAME from. He had to come from somewhere, right?

Me: I guess it would kind of be like magic. He was just there without anyone having to make him.

Lily: And then he made everyone else like magic?

Me: Sort of, yeah. He made the very first people, and then we came from those people, some people think.

Lily: You know what I think?

Me: Nope. What?

Lily: I think that all of the first people came from God, and they were all robots!! He made these robots, and then the robots started to have babies, and then those babies were my Gramma!!! And then my Gramma had YOU.


Me: So you think Gramma is a robot?

Lily: *slowly grins*

Me: Well, okay. I don't think she's a robot. It's hard to say, though. Can robots have babies?

Lily: I think so. She had you, didn't she?

Me: Fair enough.

Lily: But I really don't want to have any babies. I don't want to grow up at all.

Me: Why not?

Lily: 'Cause! I don't wanna have a baby, like I SAID!

Me: Okay....why not? You don't have to, you know. Only if you want to, when you're older. A long time from now.

Lily: 'Cause it'll HURT. Didn't it hurt?

Me: It does, some. But I'm okay now, aren't I? I had you and your sister, and I love you both very much. And I'm okay now. The doctors take good care of you and give you lots of medicine if you need it. But you really don't have to worry about this right now.

Lily: Well what if I grow up and a baby just comes OUT of me?!

Me: It doesn't happen like that. You find a boy you love very much - someday - and maybe you get married, you love him so much. After that you decide if you want to have babies, and nothing happens until you decide you want to have one. Nothing happens all by itself.

Lily: *ponders this, scowling*

Me: You okay?

Lily: Yeah, I guess. I'll decide later.

*Nearby, sleeping three-month-old Munchkin awakes, wiggling around and making general noises of awakeness*

Lily: Maybe I should ask DrewDad about my hard questions too. I'm real smart. And see what he -

*She stops, eyes widening, and leaps straight up into a standing position, pointing at the baby*

Lily: Marceline just FARTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Collapses into hysterical laughter, tear-filled eyes and all. And then runs away*

In the Beginning..

(After spending ten minutes or so playing Mario Kart, Lily suddenly grows very quiet and sets her controller down.)

Lily:  Mumma, where did all the people come from?  All the people in this town?  Before they came to this town, and no one was here, and they were in the other town.  And you were in the other town, and now you're here.

Me:  Whatcha mean, kiddo?  What people are you talking about?

Lily:  Well, all of the people.  I want to know where they all came from.  Um, where did all the people come from?  Like ALL the people, who are in this town right now, and came from somewhere else.  Where were they all before they were here?  I came from your tummy and you came from your mumma's tummy, where did all the other people come from?  How did they all get here?  What were they doing before they gotted here?  And where did the animals came from?  From the farm.. Probably cows, and ducks, and horses, and probably cats too like at your Grandpa's farm.  How did all those animals get here?  Wait, I think they all came from the store.  I think the horses and cows and chickens - well, the chickens came from the close thingy where all those thingys were, my dad leaves down this road, and turn like this like an L, and park somewhere and go inside, and there's chickens and ducks.

Me:  Go on, I'm listening.

Lily:  And I wanna learn about where all the, um, the, um, fans came from.  The blowing fans came from the store, too, I think.  And oh wait, I know where animals come from.  Even outside at my school, there was a big cow.  It was there.  And sheep! Like Baa Baa Black Sheep! *sings the entire song*

Lily:  That might be it.  And make you sure put two periods at the end of this, please..