I'm not ready for a basket yet!

This happened this morning and I really wanted to share!

My 4 year old attends pre-school 5 days a week. Every morning on our way to school, we drive by a cemetery. Isabelle likes to ask questions. I try to make them brief, especially when dealing with a sensitive subject such as death. But, I have told her that when people die they are buried there and then you go to Heaven to be with God. I went as far as telling her that they put the body in a casket and bury it in the dirt. I think I may have confused her.

Well, today she asked what that place was while we were driving by. I again explained that it was a cemetery. She responded with an "Oh yea" and went on to say that that is where you get buried in the dirt when you die. She then said she didn't like the dirt because it was messy and yucky. She wanted to go in the basket instead. What? She then asked me if I wanted to be buried in the dirt or be put in the basket. The basket? I told her I would really have to think about that. She said, "No Mommy! You really don't want to be buried in the dirt. You should choose the basket!"