The last few days Erin has been asking me about once a day, "am I sick?" I always reply, "no, you are healthy and strong."
Today, after we finished making a batch of soft gingersnaps she and my son were eating the cookie dough out of the mixer (yeah, I let my kids eat cookie dough). Erin turned to her older brother and said, "you better not eat anymore or you'll get cancer."
I stood there, absolutely stunned, for about a minute. Why in the world would she say that?! Then it hit me - Erin thinks sick=cancer. If someone is sick, they have cancer. I think she was telling her brother that if you eat too much cookie dough you'll get "sick" NOT get cancer.
The things I NEVER thought I'd have to explain to my THREE YEAR OLD!
I think she really just wanted the rest of the cookie dough for herself :)
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That's a good way of looking at it! :)
ReplyDeleteThere is all too much you never thought you would have to explain to any of your kids...that comes with this I have found! Its funny though to see how they process all this in their brain!
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