Is it OK to laugh at your child's questions about the world?
Yesterday, Lily and I did two laps around the block. She was roller skating. I was carrying my dinner plate. (Don't let this get posted on our diet blog. It's not a recommended form of 
exercise.)
She was talking away. She asked if we could do another lap. "Then we could keep talking,'' she said.
"OK,'' was my answer, even though my plate was empty by then.
She didn't waste a second with what was burning on her mind: "Do ponies lay eggs?''
I laughed out loud and told her no. She was kind of embarrassed and said, "I knew they didn't. Well, I really thought they did.'' This is a 5-year-old. They're not good at covering up for embarrassing lapses of knowledge.
I told her ponies don't come out in eggs but they do come out covered in a mucous-like slime, which the mommy horse proceeds to lick off. Yum, yum. Time for dessert.
