I made a
batch of homemade Halloween candies this evening with N. They were
supposed to be spiders but the eight legs wouldn't fit properly. Six was
the maximum number of legs that would fit.
The entymological inaccuracy
of calling these things 'spiders' when clearly, CLEARLY they couldn't
possibly be spiders really bothered me. I lost track of how steadily I
belabored the point until my daughter (with smudged chocolate cheeks)
sighed, rolled her eyes and said "Mom, fine...OK, just fine. They're
ants. Not spiders. ANTS. OK?"
While it wasn't the height of polite
preteen behavior her simple solution did, in fact, make me feel better.
Except that the ant bodies aren't segmented. I'm just sayin'.
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