The other night as the family sat down to a beautifully (if I say so myself) prepared dinner of chicken, mashed potatoes, salad, and rolls- Delanie pipes up with the question-
"is this chicken?"
"Yes it is" I say
"Is it the kind of chicken that is an animal kind of chicken?"
"Yeees"
"I don't eat those kind of chickens!"
"Oh, what kind of chicken do you eat Lanie?"
"The kind that aren't animals" she says.
"Yea, that's the kind of chicken we are eating tonight!"
It's okay to lie to your kids sometimes, right?!
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Yay! Andrew just found out that "chicken" comes from chickens and he was grossed out. That is so cute! Luckily, ham just comes from ham. Phew!
ANYTHING is fair game when you are trying to get your kids to eat! EVEN (especially) lying! That's too cute! McKinley just made that connection the other day, but it didn't seem to bother her. I don't think she will grow up to be an animal rights activist :)
Ha ha! I suppose the chicken you were actually preparing wasn't technically in "animal" form anymore right?
Sometimes I can't even think about what I'm eating while I am cooking it--it can get gross!
For years my nephew only ate meat if we called it "moose-chicken". Poor guy is 15 and at every family party someone hands him a plate and asks him how much moose-chicken he wants...he thought that it came from a stuffed cartoon animal. It's okay to eat stuffed cartoon animals!
It will never die, it will always be funny! Good times!
I am telling you one day that girl is going to save the world...
My kids don't get so grossed out about chicken but beef gets to them. Apparently eating a chicken is OK but eating a cow is gross. Personally, I don't get grossed out about where food comes from. That's the problem!!! :(
Classic!
That's awesome! I've asked myself the same question. We lie to them about Santa for years...so if the lie benefits them it's harmless, right?
That is too cute. It reminds me of the movie "Madeline" when she refuses to eat Chicken Helene because she has met that chicken before. Bak! Bak! Bak!
The only time I have a hard time eating an animal is if I've seen it whole and/or alive. I like it plucked, packaged and ready to eat!
I love that girl sooooo much!! She just makes me SMILE!
C thats the way we begin.
H thats the next letter in.
I I am the third
C thats the season of the bird
K that old letters my friend
E now were near the end
CHICKEN, that am the way you spell
CHICKEN!
Love your sense of humor. I'm sure she'll never figure out the similarities between the animal chicken and the other kind.
Absolutely!
It's a necessary evil.
That is so funny. dallin just asked where chicken comes from... silly kids.
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