The eternal Why

Lily asks Why questions all the time. Most times I try to answer her questions (although they can be right out there type questions) and sometimes I ask her why she thinks. When I ask her back, she inevitably says 'I don't know'. So the other day in the car I was singing some silly song about Smart Lily, to boost her sense of being smart enough to think of an answer or even to take a guess. I was singing something about 'I'm Smart Lily' when she said 'You're not Smart Lily'. Who am I , then? and Lily said 'You're Smart Robyn'! I gotta tell ya, it sounds soooo weird when your kid says your first name! So weird that I completely overlooked that she gave me a compliment!

Lily told me that Sophie, the seven year old next door, asked her why she asked Why? all the time. Then Lily said 'Mummy, why did she say that?' It really never ends!