My kids hate having sticky fingers or dirty hands. They demand napkins after every meal and always wash their hands, if we are out they demand that wipes are available in all circumstances.
“Great, so what’s the problem?” - say all those parents who are constantly nagging and pleading with kids to do the same. The problem, my dear friends, is the regularity with which I am lifting Little Bro up to the sink to wash, and hunting through drawers/bags for wipes. Some days its up there with food prep for most regular activity. I might add - I’m not sure where they inherited it, DSO and I are not particularly fastidious.
Given this prediliction they were extremely impressed at a relatives house lately when they discovered corn holders. These are the little corn shaped plastic things you poke into either end of a corn on the cob (for those who didn’t grow up in the 1970’s in Australia). Big Sis and Little Bro have each taken a pair home and are using them constantly. They have been rebadged “apple holders” and “pear holders” and come the stone fruit season I imagine they will come in handy for nectarines and pears as well!
It’s a testament to the ingenuity of childhood. Big Sis has already taken them to Kinder in her lunch box to help with any “hand fruit” she may encounter. I wonder whether it will catch on? It’s like the episode of Seinfeld where they start a fad for eating snickers bars with a knife and fork. Maybe I should consider registering a patent?
corn, Food, sticky fingers
September 25th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
… I’m still saying “Great, what’s the problem?”
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