“Christmas tree, mama! Christmas trees!! Let’s stop n get one!”

“I promise we’ll get a Christmas tree after Thanksgiving”

(collective kid moans groans, pissing and whining)

“Thanksgiving will be fun. Your Auntie and uncle and cousin are coming over. Mama is cooking a big turkey for us to eat with..”

“We don’t eat turkey silly mama. D’hey covered in gross feathers!”

“Um, yes when they are alive turkeys have feathers but when they are um… No longer alive we pluck off the feathers so we can eat them”

“But mama, do we take off the beak? The beak be crunchy yuck”

(gagging a bit)”um yes when the turkey is no longer alive they remove the beak and feathers”

“It have no foots when we eat it right?”

(gagging more) “Right, when the turkey is no longer alive they remove the beak and feet, then pluck the feathers off”

“What about the squishy eyeballs? We take those off too? That’s a super super bright idea mama, no eyeballs right?”

(fighting to keep down hastily consumed fast food) “You are absolutely right my dear (gag) When the turkey is no longer alive they remove the beak, eyeballs and feet. Then they pluck the turkey so we can roast it for Thanksgiving dinner.”

“MMM I bet it tastes super yum with no beak or foots or squishy eyeballs or feathers”

Well, I’m sure it would have had we not had this conversation. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, courtesy of my 4 yr old and the rest of the Finding Yourself Family.