Just wondering......

For the last little while I've been paying attention to all the questions that seems to pop up all in a days work here at home. Some are great questions. Some make me smile. Some make me completely shake my head and think 'are we serious people?'.....Here's some examples.....

1. Where's the socks? (this is kind of a funny one, because - due to my lack of inconsistency (in SO many areas of my life), the pile of unsorted socks may be in any number of places.....the laundry room, my bedroom, the master closet, under the clothes the need to be ironed......so.....the poor children never know from day to day just WHERE on earth to find their socks!)

2. Is Heaven an actual planet somewhere.....or does it just sit right above the clouds?

3. Why don't we have anything to eat? (I'm shaking my head at this one.....let's see son.....we have gogurt, string cheese, apples, pudding, grapes......what other choices do you need?) (said child STILL mumbles and leaves the kitchen with out eating anything)

4. Does Heaven have neighborhoods like Layton, and do people up there come to the middle of heaven and look down at us here? (this one took me by surprise, and I think I said 'what?'...so the child replied "you know mom, like, if YOU were there, would you come to the middle of town and look down at your children?) (that's one of my favorites) (except that it DID make me a little worried at first - you know how a mom's brain works......'is this a sign of something? Is this child trying to tell me or prepare me for something????

5. Where is the phone? (as if my body is any more able to push the 'phone locator' button and follow the beeping sound any better than the person asking)

6. Could you get me a fork? Doesn't seem like a bad question......except when the child is 20 feet CLOSER to the fork drawer, and the mom is on her way OUT of the kitchen with a full load of laundry in her arms. After this question I honestly just stood there and must have looked a little dumb-founded, because the child quickly realized how silly this request was, and hopped up to get themselves a fork.

7. What dessert do we have the ingredients for? (this is a somewhat embarrassingly re-occurring question........)

8. How many carrots do I actually have to eat?
(given that the same child probably asked the question about dessert, my answer should have been 3 heaping scoopfuls...however, they were let off by only 5)

9. Can we read one more chapter please? (this one happened twice - 2 different children...2 different settings. One was at scripture time - the chapter we read was fairly short, and one child wanted to KEEP GOING (this one made my heart happy....that doesn't happen hardly ever!) The next was reading to another child at bedtime, which happens to be one of my very most favorite things to do ever. Glancing at the clock that is getting closer and closer to 'far BEYOND when you should have already been asleep child!'.......but reading is one thing I LOVE when they want MORE!

10. Did you hear THAT? This happens when any child (I think I've heard it from all 3 olders this week) as they are preparing for piano recital and finally 'getting' their songs. Another one I LOVE to hear!

Children definitely make life interestingly fabulous, don't they? Some days I wonder if I'm really up to the challenge of motherhood, and if I'm doing any good at all. But most days I'm truly humbled and grateful for the opportunity!