The devil is in the details
Peanut: Mommy, is a pumpkin a fruit?
Me: Yes, it is.
Peanut: Is it also a plant?
Me: Yes, all fruits are plants. So are all the vegetables and all the flowers, trees, bushes, grass and anything else growing outside in the ground.
Peanut: All the stuff growing outside?
Me: Yep. But we also have some plants inside. I have lots of potted plants throughout the house.
Peanut: Oh. You have lots of pot plants?
::In a flash, my mind runs through the endless list of people - her teacher, other mothers at the school, family members, the school's director - to whom I don't want her blabbing about Mommy's non-existent pot plants.::
Me: NO! No, no. Not pot plants. PottED plants. Plants in pots. Mommy does not have pot plants, OK? PottED plants.
Peanut: Ooooooh.
Me: Yes, it is.
Peanut: Is it also a plant?
Me: Yes, all fruits are plants. So are all the vegetables and all the flowers, trees, bushes, grass and anything else growing outside in the ground.
Peanut: All the stuff growing outside?
Me: Yep. But we also have some plants inside. I have lots of potted plants throughout the house.
Peanut: Oh. You have lots of pot plants?
::In a flash, my mind runs through the endless list of people - her teacher, other mothers at the school, family members, the school's director - to whom I don't want her blabbing about Mommy's non-existent pot plants.::
Me: NO! No, no. Not pot plants. PottED plants. Plants in pots. Mommy does not have pot plants, OK? PottED plants.
Peanut: Ooooooh.
Labels: NaBloPoMo, The Darndest Things
posted by Kimberly at
7:52 PM
6 Comments:
You know this will come back to you at some time! Too funny.
You could always move to the UK where they call potted plants pot plants. You know... if things get hairy...
At least she doesn't say 'this is my beer. Daddy has his own'. My oldest did that for a couple of weeks.
Hahaha! Pot plant. You know that's gonna bit you in the butt someday soon.
Oh boy! hee hee, she said pot plant.
Now we REALLY know what you and Mark do in your spare time ;)
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