Kate's Treat

So Kate had a recital Friday night, and per tradition, got to choose a treat to celebrate. I suggested stopping at the grocery store for ice cream to share with the family, since the other kids all stayed home. She thought that was great, as long as she could choose cookie dough ice cream.

Once we picked up the ice cream, she asked if she could get one of "those green things that are dark green on the outside and light green on the inside." You know, a cucumber. Did you get it? It took me a while, too. She had had one at school that week when they talked about the Food Guide Pyramid and sampled foods from the food groups, and she loved it. (And yes, I have indeed served cucumbers at dinner. They're not foreign to our table, but apparently they have been off her radar until now.)

So we bought our ice cream and her cucumber and went home. I dished up ice cream to four happy kids, and they dug in.

After eating a few bites, Kate says, "Mom, where's my cucumber?"

I said, "Do you want it NOW?"

She said, "Yes! For my treat!"

So I peeled part of the cucumber, and she proceeded to down it. Half a cucumber. With her cookie dough ice cream.

That Kate...she's one in a million.