Sunday night we went out to dinner with my whole family. My 8 year old nephew is one of my favorite people in the whole world, and certainly one of Michael's. He was explaining to us why he would not eat a "living creature." His father explained to him that he does eat living creatures and he said he meant a living creature from the sea. I told him he eats salmon, which is a sea creature, and his father told him he eats living creatures from the land.
My nephew responded with "I eat a hamburger which is a living creature from a cow and I eat a hot dog which is a living creature from a dog."
I looked at my sister and said, "you have to let me blog this."
8 year olds are fun.
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Thank you for all your thoughtful comments on this. I still don't know what we are going to do, but I will let you know as soon as I do.
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Maybe he meant that he wouldn’t eat a creature that was still living. I got nothing for the dog comment, though…
lol, oh dear! Don’t let Nicky think hot dogs are from dogs, they’ve only just made it back on his limited menu.
I love your nephew just takes it all in stride as you guys blow his theory to hell. What a good sport.
Hysterical. Kids are insane.
I so agree…being an aunt is truly one of my favorite things about this stage in my life!
Sea creatures? Gross! Dog? YUM! The logic of children is so awesome.
As the mother of said nephew I could create a whole blog around comments like this one. He is a funny guy, which has served him well in life.
Childhood logic is the best.