It is all four of us, sitting at the dinner table, eating. Out of the blue, I decide to become chatty, helpful, Healthy Habits Mama.
Healthy Habits Mama: Hey Seabass, is that a tasty dinner?
Seabass: Uh-huh.
HHM: What’s on your plate?
SB: [Glancing down] Um…spinach and black beans and garlic and carrots and tortillas.
HHM: Oh. Are those healthy foods?
SB: [Absentmindedly] Uh-huh.
HHM: They all help your body in different ways, don’t they?
SB: Uh-huh.
HHM: Like garlic. Garlic is really good for your heart. Did you know that?
SB: [Inquisitive-yet-slightly-blank stare.]
HHM: And carrots are really good for your eyes. They help you to see far away. Like a super hero.
SB: [Suddenly hanging on Healthy Habits Mama’s every word]
[Pause]
HHM: [Turning to Daddy to discuss something more fruitful] So, did our tax refund get direct deposited into our… [Looking back at Seabass, who has picked up the carrots from his dinner to apply directly to his eyes] NO! Seabass!! I didn’t mean “good for your eyes” quite like that…
I am Jaime, wife to Jacob. We are the smitten, stupefied, sometimes scared silly parents of a precious boy nicknamed Seabass and a darling girl nicknamed Sweet Chuck.
Higher Highs, Lower Lows 
Can you come to my house and get my kids to eat spinach, black beans, garlic and carrots?!
I love their literal minds.
I love this conversation… what a wise mama you are! And I love Seabass’ response! So cute!