WHAT IF #4

Elijah likes to ask impossible WHAT IF questions... here is another gem from lunch today.

Elijah: What if the whole house flew up into the air...
Me: (Waiting cause I could tell he wasn't done... ) and
Elijah: and when it came back down it was all messed up (his turn to wait)
Me: If the house flew up in the air, I'm sure it would be messed up when it came back down
Elijah: yea, but what if the door was where the windows are and like the windows were where the doors is and stuff like that? What then? (big smile spreads across his face- ear to ear- probably from the dazed expression on mine)
Me: I guess we'd have to get in and out through the window?
Elijah: No, we would still use the door, it would just be where the window is.
Sheesh. What was I thinking. Of course. :)

WHAT IF #3

Riding in the van today after dropping Eric off at work:

Elijah: Mommy, what if Daddy was so strong that he could take Jupiter and bonk Saturn over and put Jupiter where Saturn is and put Saturn where Jupiter is?
Me: Cool... maybe he could join the circus.
Elijah: What? Why?

Silly me. Rearranging planets is much more feasible than joining the circus.

WHAT IF #2

We're playing outside. I'm cleaning out a flower bed. Elijah is climbing the tree.

Elijah: Mommy, What if I could see what the monkeys are doing in South America?
Me: That would be pretty amazing.
Elijah: (Peering off into the distance like he's really trying to see South America) What if I could hear them too? I bet they're saying "ooo ah ah ah" right now.
Me: I bet you're right.

Elijah's WHAT IFs- #1

I have mentioned in passing before that one of Elijah's favorite hobbies is presenting me with completely impossible "What if" questions that I MUST attempt to answer. He will not be pacified with a casual, "I don't know buddy" while I'm really thinking about something else. I've decided that I'm going to try to start recording these "what ifs" for posterity.

Riding in the van, completely out of the blue a few days ago,
Elijah: "Mommy? Mommy? Mommy? Mommy?"
Me: "Yes?"
Elijah: "What if Micah's stomach blew up and he floated up into outer space and landed on a meteor?"


Anyone? Anyone have an answer for that one?