With chocolate cupcake crumbs still lingering on his lips, Jonny came to me and asked, “Do we grow cupcakes?”
I looked at my eight-year-old, ought-to-know-better boy and wondered, not for the first time, if homeschooling was really working out. “Do we grow cupcakes?” I repeated. “Like on a cupcake tree? That would be great, wouldn’t it? We could plant a cupcake and in a few months we’d have a cupcake bush, frosting and all.”
“No!” he giggled. ” I meant, do we grow the ingredients for cupcakes!” Just as I was feeling relieved about the whole homeschooling thing, he added, “Besides, I already know you can’t plant things like that and get them to grow. Like you can’t plant money and get a money tree.”
“Oh?” I said, curious how he’d come by this knowledge.
“Yeah,” he went on, “once, when I was about Rosie’s age, I planted a penny by the garage and poured some water on it. All I got was a dirty penny.”
We’re all about the hands-on learning here.
I just love this – I can see his face as he is telling you and can only imagine yours.
Love you all so very much.
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The part I love the most about this is that the kid actually knows from personal experience that you can’t plant money and grow a money tree. LOL That is the funniest thing ever!
So cute!!!