He leaned over to peer into it's depths, then bent his face low to the table to carefully scrutinize the container.
"Milk...salt," he said, his eyes growing wider as he slowly began to list the ingredients.I paused to marvel at what surely couldn't be a 3-year-old reading the container.
"...pepper...chicken..."Ah, as I suspected, the lesser known ingredients.
"...tacos...a witch's hat..."Now my eyes were widening. It appeared as though we had purchased the gourmet brand.
"...part of a spider and chicken bubble gum," he finished, giving me a look halfway in between a warning about the potential gastrointestinal side effects and a dare to find a flaw in his research.
"How did they get it to be white?" Ethan asked, attempting to rumple him.
"They stirred it all together in one of those mixer machines and then it got sour!" he said with a shrug.That's fine. Now, as for the spider, which part did they use? And the bubble gum - was that chewed by a chicken or just flavored like one?
- 1 July 2012
Another preview of the teen years for you... Skyler and I were standing at the paint counter of Home Depot, waiting for our paint to be mixed. In the meantime, Skyler spies a display of Gorilla Glue.
ReplyDelete"I almost forgot," he says, "we need some of this."
"Mmhmm. For what?" I ask, obviously skeptical.
"For pranks, of course."
"I'm pretty sure that's not what it's for." I say.
Skyler picks up the package and turns it over. "It says here, 'For use on paper, leather, wood or ceramic materials. Excellent for pranks.'"
"Hm. Well you've got me there...I mean, if it says it right there on the label...."
Mind you, he can actually read, but he also has dangerous improvisational skills. :)
LMAO. I think my oldest has gotten an early start. I can think of many a similar conversation!
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