Explaining death to a 4 year old - about as much fun as you'd expect

As some of you know, Audrey has been a bit inquisitive about death for the last three months.  It all started with a bible story about Moses. At the end it said something like, "and then he died."  At first Audrey was VERY upset about this. She started asking about death - when we would die and saying she didn't want to die and getting pretty upset about it.  It caught Jamie and me off-guard and was rather unnerving when she'd start to cry and say "I don't want to die."  We told her that most people don't die until they are really, really old - like 90. This seemed to appease her-  as she no longer thought her death was imminent.

Well, three months later, the discussions continue.  She doesn't get upset about it anymore but man, does she ask tough questions.  She's asked all of the following:

• If your bones stay in the ground, how do you walk in heaven?
• If you can't take your things with you, what happens to them?  (enter the discussion of wills - not a topic I thought I'd be discussing with a three year old.)  
• Which way is heaven?  Is it up or down?  Can people in heaven see me?

Last week we were talking about keeping her Legos and Pixos picked up so that when Naomi starts crawling, they won't be on the floor. I told her Naomi could choke and it's very dangerous since she could stop breathing and die.  And as soon as I said "die," I held my breath hoping she'd just ignore me.  Nope.  She's too smart for that. Without missing a beat she said, "But you said we don't die until we're really old.  Naomi isn't really old.  Were you teasing me?"  Sigh.

Last night she wanted to play "kill the bad guys."  I told her it wasn't nice to kill people, even if they are bad.  She looked at me and said, "Mom, it's ok.  It's only pretend. They aren't really dead."  Thanks, Audrey.  Hard to argue with that logic.  At least she's not freaking out about dying anymore.