The What Happens If Stage

Most kids go from the NO! stage as toddlers to the Why? stage as preschoolers. Matthew has officially entered the What Happens If stage. We rarely get a "why is the sky blue?" type question, but at least 30,000 times a day, Matt Matt starts a sentence with, "What happens if..."

For example, we found a gas leak near our meter the other day (a whole other blog post, in and of itself) and had to have it shut off and fixed. When Atmos came out to turn everything back on, Matthew was fascinated with the fellow who had to traipse through the house, turning everything back on, relighting pilot lights and testing all the appliances.

"What happens if the man doesn't come down from the attic?"

"Well, he'd end up living up there and attics are not fun to live in. Especially in Texas. He is working and has to finish up here and go to his next job."

"What happens if he doesn't go to his next job?"

"He'd probably get into trouble."

"What happens if he gets into trouble?"

"He won't be able to help other people get their gas turned back on."

"What happens if other people don't get their gas turned back on?"

ad infinitum.

It takes every ounce of my self control not to lean down and say DID MOMMY EVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE TIME SHE KILLED A MAN IN PRISON FOR ASKING QUESTIONS?