SuburbanDaddy

We go to dinosaur museums, and read books about dinosaurs all the time.  The kids know all about dinosaur bones and fossils.

Last night, after reading a dinosaur book with SuburbanMommy before bed, Thing 1 asked her “How did the dinosaurs die?”.  SuburbanMommy’s response: “Ask Daddy”.

It’s not a question I’ve thought about. At least not in a very long time.  Maybe I should have paid more attention when we visited the Natural History Museum.

My immediate answer was that a meteor crashed into the earth, causing so much smoke and ash, that the sun was blocked and the Ice Age ensued.  SuburbanMommy thought I was making it up.  Who knows where I got it from.  I probably got the idea from a movie.  Or an episode of Backyardigans.

Some Google searching this morning made me feel a little better, or not, about my answer.  I found some support for my meteor killing the dinosaurs theory.  But I also found several other explanations – disease, volcano, or climate change.

Last night’s question about dinosaurs has made me think of some questions of my own.  If a not even 5 year old can stump his parents, what’s going to happen when he gets a little older?  Forget about not being smarter than a 5th grader.  I’m not sure I am smarter than a 5 year old.