Silence is (apparently) golden ...
September 20, 2012
A trip to the pet store was part of our science study this week (current topic: classification). So we're walking around Petsmart, observing all the myriad species and how they differ (fur/scales/fins/feathers), but Earlybird totally catches on that I'm trying to make this a "teaching moment."
EB: "Mom, look! It's a Nemo fish!"
(EB points out a bright orange fish of some kind or another.)
Me: "Wow, that's so cool. Yeah, that fish is a lot like a clownfish because it's small and orange and its fins are kind of ..."
(EB sighs.)
EB: "Mom? Don't talk about it, ok? Just don't talk about it."
Me: *zips lips*
(EB points out a bright orange fish of some kind or another.)
Me: "Wow, that's so cool. Yeah, that fish is a lot like a clownfish because it's small and orange and its fins are kind of ..."
(EB sighs.)
EB: "Mom? Don't talk about it, ok? Just don't talk about it."
Me: *zips lips*
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Lol!
Do you ever find yourself making everything a teaching moment? It's hard to resist sometimes! Do your kids ever call you on it?
Have a great Thursday, my friends! See you here again very soon ...
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