Lava

Lava has been of great concern here lately. Today's conversation about lava went like this:

Ella:"Mommy, are there volcanoes in Iowa?"
Mommy:"No, sweetie."
Ella:"Where are the volcanoes?"
Mommy:"In places where they have mountains."
Ella:"Lava comes out of volcanoes."
Mommy:"Yes it does."
Ella:"What is lava?"
Mommy:"Rocks that are so hot that they've melted."
Ella:"How hot are they?"
Mommy:"Really hot."
Ella:"Hotter than soup?"
Mommy:"Yep, hotter than soup."
Ella:"Okay."

I guess I should make the soup a bit cooler from now on!!!