Things that make sense to adults but seem so unnatural to children......

Ella, "Mom, where did Smidgen come from?"
Mom, "um, what do you mean?"
Ella, "Did Smidgen have a mom?"
Mom,"Yeah, he had a mom but he doesn't remember her. He only knows us as his family."
Caden getting in on the action, "But where is his mom now?"
Mom, "She is with her family."
Caden, "But Smidgen is her family too. A mom is always a mom you know."
Ella, as she coos and croons over the sleeping dog,"Poor Smigy, he misses his mom."
Caden, "Where is his mom's family? We can just call them and then Smidgen can see his mom again."
Mom, "I don't know where they are, I don't even remember the family's name. But guys Smidgen is happy with us as his family. Really, he wouldn't even know who his mom is even if he saw her."
Caden, "You don't even know where his mom is?! Great mom, now you can't even call them because you don't know their name."
Ella, "Caden what are we going to do now?"
Caden, "I don't know but good thing we have 3 weeks off from school so we can figure something out."*note- spring break is 1 week NOT 3. I think that he thinks that if he says 3 weeks often enough it will become fact.
Ella, "I'm going to try to cheer him up. I'll write him a card."
Caden, "Good one Ella. I'm gonna hit the net."
Yup, he said, "hit the net" and then went to the computer, exiting like a super hero.
What resulted was a dog that didn't get a moment's peace all day. Ella decided to put stickers and ribbons on him to "cheer him up" as well as drag him into closets, the laundry room, her bedroom, any room really where she could close a door trapping him so she could serenade her audience of one with made up song after made up song. Caden kept snatching him away from Ella and dragging him to the computer so he could hoist him up to the screen and say, "does that look like your mom boy?" When the dog seemed uninterested in any of the images on the screen Caden said, "I know she has to be here somewhere!" He seemed to have it in his head that every dog on the planet could be found when "Dog" is typed in the image search on Yahoo. He may be right. There WHERE a lot of photos of dogs.
Poor Smidgen. The kids stressed him out so much with their constant attention that he escaped to the yard where he got filthy digging several holes, got yelled at by his "mom" for digging several holes, then got an unappreciated bath.  Sorry, furry one, here's hoping they fixate on something else tomorrow. But I warn you, if you come sauntering up to the back door a filthy mess after digging any portion of my yard, I WILL suggest to them that you look like you need a little cheering up.