Have you been watching the Republican Presidential debates? Do you find yourself yelling at the TV and wishing you could ask the candidates a question? Well, wish granted, for one mom ...

We're going to send one lucky CafeMom member* to the Thanksgiving Family Forum -- a family discussion with the Republican candidates -- on November 19 in Des Moines, Iowa. YOUR question will be asked and you can finally get the answers you've been craving.

Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, and Rick Santorum are confirmed to be there. Mitt Romney has also been invited. The debate is sponsored by The FAMiLY LEADER, in conjunction with CitizenLink (the family advocacy arm of Focus on the Family) and the National Organization for Marriage. It will be hosted and moderated by top political pollster Frank Luntz.

First Lady Michelle Obama holds a roundtable discussion on Let's Move initiative and motherhood issues in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, Oct. 17, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Yesterday I had the privilege of spending an hour with Michelle Obama on behalf of CafeMom and The Stir. I was joined by editors of other women-focused websites and together we had an intimate and wide-ranging conversation with the First Lady.

Michelle answered all our questions with a down-to-earth charm that immediately put us all at ease. It felt like having a chat with your girlfriends -- that is, if your girlfriends just happen to come with a professional photographer, fancy china, and everything you say is recorded and transcribed for posterity.  

Before I get into the meat of our conversation, here are the two things you're dying to know:

When kids reach a certain age, the creative, but tough questions start rapidly coming at you. If you're lucky, you'll know the answers to a few of them.

Q: Where does chocolate milk come from?

A: Duh. Chocolate cows.

But, the majority of the questions are real stumpers in one way or another. There are the ones that require some deep introspection on your part.

Q: Why isn't daddy's mommy around?

A: Um. Let me grab a tissue while I think about how to answer this one.

And there are plenty of ones that simply require having Wikipedia bookmarked.

Q: How old are dinosaurs?

A: One sec, while I look that up!

My 4-year-old son is a walking question factory, so I was excited to take part in a new video series that aims to answer those crazy questions kids ask.