Being an Aunt is a Blast

Sunday night we went out to dinner with my whole family.  My 8 year old nephew is one of my favorite people in the whole world, and certainly one of Michael's.  He was explaining to us why he would not eat a "living creature."  His father explained to him that he does eat living creatures and he said he meant a living creature from the sea.  I told him he eats salmon, which is a sea creature, and his father told him he eats living creatures from the land.

My nephew responded with "I eat a hamburger which is a living creature from a cow and I eat a hot dog which is a living creature from a dog."

I looked at my sister and said, "you have to let me blog this." 

8 year olds are fun.

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Thank you for all your thoughtful comments on this.  I still don't know what we are going to do, but I will let you know as soon as I do. 

Comments

[Jessi]

Maybe he meant that he wouldn't eat a creature that was still living. I got nothing for the dog comment, though...

[Jessi]

Maybe he meant that he wouldn't eat a creature that was still living. I got nothing for the dog comment, though...

[Angela]

lol, oh dear! Don't let Nicky think hot dogs are from dogs, they've only just made it back on his limited menu.
I love your nephew just takes it all in stride as you guys blow his theory to hell. What a good sport.

[Stimey]

Hysterical. Kids are insane.

[Melissa Multitasking Mama]

I so agree...being an aunt is truly one of my favorite things about this stage in my life!

[Carabee]

Sea creatures? Gross! Dog? YUM! The logic of children is so awesome.

[Heather Strauss]

As the mother of said nephew I could create a whole blog around comments like this one. He is a funny guy, which has served him well in life.

[Andrea from Big Blue Momma]

Childhood logic is the best.