Don’t we just love our kids?  They say the funniest things, and their questions are even better.  My son, Benjamin, was the most curious and inquisitive eight year old in the universe, I am sure.  And he could throw out question after question, like bullets from a machine gun, non-stop for hours!  For a period of time, I chose the very best and most fascinating questions Ben asked me, and I am sharing them with the world.

August 7th, 2008-  “What do praying mantises pray about?”

August 2nd, 2008-  “Why does only our bottom jaw move?”

July 27th, 2008-  “Mom, does everyone swallow their spit? Why do we have to swallow our spit?”

July 26th, 2008-  “Are there vampire bats at our house?  Do they ever suck people’s blood?”

July 25th, 2008-  “If there were really werewolves, would they surround our house and howl until we came out?

July 24th, 2008-  “Do yellow-jackets like blackberries?  Do army guys like blackberries?”

July 23rd, 2008- “When I get big, can I have a job where I only take care of snakes and lizards and turtles?”

July 22nd, 2008-  “What makes the sky blue?”

July 21st, 2008-  “Are there real witches that can do magic and stuff?”

July 20th, 2008-  “Will there be any hurricanes at our house (no oceans here for hundreds of miles)?  How do clouds make a tornado?”

June 15, 2009-  “Where do the clouds go when they disappear?”

June 19, 2009-  “How did Muffy and Fritz have puppies?”  “Are Muffy and Fritz married?”

June 20, 2009-  “Are there spiders in my bed that will crawl into my ears when I go to sleep?”

June 21, 2009-  “Why don’t boys get pregnant?”  (Good question, Ben!)

September 2, 2009-  “Are ‘ghostbusters’ real?”  “Can I be one?”

November 20, 2009-  “Is Santa Claus real?”  “What about the Tooth Fairy?”

November 21, 2009-  “Does the Tooth Fairy get angry if you keep your teeth?”

November 25, 2009-  “Do dogs go to Heaven?” (upon the death of our beloved dachshund, Fritz.)

December 15, 2009-  “When we say the blessing before dinner, does that include dessert?”

December 23, 2009-  Does Santa know that I’m grounded this week?”

January 3, 2010-  “Does the cat have a middle name?”

February 10, 2010-  “Why didn’t a tsunami happen from the earthquake in Haiti?” (I’m scratching my head here, Ben…)

February 13, 2010-  “Why do ‘octopusses’ and squids have beaks like birds?”

February 14, 2010- “How many tentacles do squids have?”  “What happens if they stick to your face?”

Time flies, and Benjamin became a teen.  He still had questions…

October 1, 2014-  “Why do we have “lockers” at school if they don’t “lock?”

And now that he is grown and in college?

June, 2019- “Why do adults have to do all of this paperwork and pay taxes and stuff?  This sucks.”

(And the whole world agrees with you, Ben.)