We were on our way to school this morning, when I happened to notice fog over the lake. I brought it to the kids' attention.
Mom: "Look kids! There's fog over the lake!"
Reagan: "Why?"
Mom: "Because the air is warmer than the lake."
Reagan: "Why?"
Mom: "Because the air temperature is warmer than the water temperature of the lake."
Reagan: "Why?"
As I was wracking my brain for an appropriate way to discuss the heat-absorbing tendencies of different densities of matter, and the variation of weather patterns to a 7 year old, Colby chimed in with an answer.
Colby: "UGH Reagan. Magic. It's all magic, ok?"
Reagan: "Yeah!!! Fairies did it! And unicorns!"
It's the answer she was looking for, really.
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