The other night, Joe and I took the kids out to dinner. Miles has a tendency to not only talk a lot but he also talks really loud. You can hear his conversations even when you are 200 yards away.
Dinnertime (either at home or shoved in a booth at a local restaurant) is a time for kids and parents to converse about life. My kids tend to have lots and lots of questions... about many different subjects. Since we eat at home most of the time, people aren't aware of what we talk about. It's usually regular stuff... about school, friends, family. Yeah. We talk about family all the time. Just so you know... family members, who read this blog...
However, the kids decided to save the best conversation for the other night while we ate burritos at Baja Fresh. We talked about bugs. Eating bugs. Which bugs would taste good to eat. Bugs that we do eat that live in the sea -- crabs, lobsters, etc. Gross bugs that reside in jungles... that seem to find their way into cuisines around the world. Incidentally, bug eating is becoming the new "food trend" as of late (MSU hosted a "bug lunch" on Friday). The kids are fascinated by it. But, restaurant patrons sitting around us listening to Miles carry on and on about gooey, icky bugs, were a little grossed out by what they were hearing. Sorry, folks.
In addition to the edible (or not-so-edible) bugs, the conversation also covered human digestion. The kids were quite curious about what sorts of things humans can digest.
Can humans digest paper?
What about plastic?
Metal?
Glass? -- Miles made the connection that glass might cut your insides.
I'm not sure how other parents handle these types of conversations but I'm more than willing to play along. I like encouraging them to think about strange (even gross) things... Not every conversation as to be about hearts and flowers or about family members.
You've been warned. Should you ever have the privilege to eat with us, conversations might not be what you expect.
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See, Miles is a smart kid... Kids seem to have an innate knack for saving the best conversations for public consumption. Bugs is cool, I could handle that. I posted about "bug food" a while back on Fizz, also about mouse kebabs...
AV
AV - Bug food is gaining in popularity here. There was a lunch sponsored at my university serving edible bugs. Intriguing as it sounds, I think I'll pass.
@Marcy, There is no way that bug food is going to appeal to this palete. Pass on it, I'll give it a wide berth.
There are some things in this world that just shouldn't be, and bug food is one of them.
AV
Marcy,
I LOVE this blog. Your family is so awesomely unconventional. Knuckle cracking, farting contests, publicly talking about eating bugs? Wonderfully delightful; every last bit of it!
Mark --
Thanks!! "awesomely unconventional" - totally agree. Or perhaps we can be classified as "pseudo-normal" - only normal when we are around family.
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