Today at lunch, Makena was asking about fruits and vegetables. She wanted to know how to tell if it is a fruit or vegetable. So I was telling her that a lot of fruits grow on trees, fruits have seeds in them, fruits are sweeter than vegetables. Then I told her some examples: oranges, apples, peaches, bananas, watermelon. Then we talked about vegetables and told her some examples of those. Then she asked about hamburgers and what that was. I told her meat and then she pointed out that pig is meat too. Then I asked her about chicken nuggets (she was eating those for lunch.) Here is our conversation:
Mom: "Makena, do you know what chicken nuggets are?"
Makena: "They look like they grow because it looks like they have little seeds in them. I think a fruit."
Mom: "No, they are a meat. Do you know what animal they come from?"
Makena: "Ummmm"
Mom: "Think of the name, CHICKEN NUGGETS."
Makena: "I think they come from dinosaurs!"
Mom: (laughing)..."what?...they come from chickens."
Makena: "But they look like dinosaurs!"
We get the dino nuggets! And yes, they look like dinosaurs. I told her that they take the chicken meat and make them into dinosaurs. She still is not believing me on that one! The minds of children! Love it!
Mom: "Makena, do you know what chicken nuggets are?"
Makena: "They look like they grow because it looks like they have little seeds in them. I think a fruit."
Mom: "No, they are a meat. Do you know what animal they come from?"
Makena: "Ummmm"
Mom: "Think of the name, CHICKEN NUGGETS."
Makena: "I think they come from dinosaurs!"
Mom: (laughing)..."what?...they come from chickens."
Makena: "But they look like dinosaurs!"
We get the dino nuggets! And yes, they look like dinosaurs. I told her that they take the chicken meat and make them into dinosaurs. She still is not believing me on that one! The minds of children! Love it!
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