Those of you who are new here may not know that we are a family of vegetarians. Well, veggies who have fallen from grace as we started occasionally eating fish a few years ago. I don’t mention it much because I don’t really want to get into it - I don’t care if other people eat meat and I’m not a preachy sort of person when it comes to how I live my life. Anyway, this was a long-winded necessary preamble to the following story.
Jay and I have always said that we would raise the kids eating what we eat, but when they get older and are capable of making an informed decision about such things, they may choose to disagree and eat meat if they wish. Anyway, I didn’t really think we’d have to discuss this so soon. Of course, being the early-blooming rebel that she is, the other night Elliot says to us, “I don’t want to be a begetarian.”
I told her then she would have to eat meat. The thought of this makes me laugh considering this is a kid who won’t even eat half the stuff she’s allowed to eat. Pickiest eater ever.
Then Elliot says, “I need to learn how to eat meat. I want to eat meat like humans do.”
So, if anyone ever wondered if my family is really aliens masqerading as people, I think you have your answer.
Snort..yeah I wondered about you veggie eatin lot!
Adam says he is a vegetarian…while munching on chicken…errrr…
We keep trying to explain OMNIVORE..but he ain’t going for it
Oh, Elliot. I’ll teach you how to eat meat. A steak here, some pot roast there and before you know it we’ll be undermining your Mother on all sides.
I totally get where she’s coming from, because I too think that if you don’t eat meat you have to be of some other species. Yum.
Now I’m off to cook my steaks for dinner. For real! :0)
Ah kids. Gotta love ‘em.
LOL - aliens in our midst!
What do begetarians eat???
Haha. Just give her fake meat
That’s what I do with Fynn. She doesn’t even know the difference. And I’m not even a vegetarian; I just have vegetarian tendencies.
tee hee
had to read it out loud to hubby.
we are both giggling.
i love conversations at your house!
That’s funny!
It reminds me of that old TV series “V”…
You better make sure she doesn’t eat the neighbors.
I think there’s a song with that title. By David Byrne I believe.
And I’ve been considering the vegetarian opiton (keeping some fish here and there maybe). Feel free to send any favorite recipes my way if you have time.
I wondered about that…your tentacles and hidden eyes and tail that I saw in San Francisco…
She is an early blooming rebel. How did she even know what she was missing?
That is really funny! The V-meister has a similar take, except she distinguishes between “children” and “humans.”
Now this song is running through my head:
I want to live like the common people!
I want to do whatever common people do.
The William Shatner version, of course.
*makes split-finger Vulcan sign and retreats*
How cute is that!!!
Bahahaha, nice.
She understands what meat is right? At her age I was throwing chicken at my mother and calling her a horrible names for daring to feed it to me.
I love the way children process things. This is adorable.
“like humans do”
That’s so cute.
I’m a begetarian. And I was raised in a begetarian household, well, except my mother’s husband, he ate meat. But anyway, after I moved out, I explored meat for a while, but I soon returned to the begetarian lifestyle. Though my husband and daughter eat meat. (Oh, and I’m really not sure why I just gave you a run down and history of the diet of both my family and I.)
I’ve always found Elliot to be a delightful young human.
does smart meat count???
please update on your potential carnivore! I’m curious.
Hahaha! She probably smelled bacon and was all “I need some of that!”