Teaching Moment

Tonite at dinner time, Will ripped one of my plants' leaves. I told him that it hurt the plant and that he needed to apologize to the plant.

Will says, "The plant can't talk, mom."

I say, "It doesn't talk out loud, but it has feelings and can feel what you feel about it. Right now this plant is afraid of you, because you ripped it's leaf in half and it will feel you apologize to it."

Will looks at me.

Will says, "It can't hug you mom, it doesn't have arms."

I said, "Sure it does." Then I took it's long vines and wrapped them around me like a hug.

Will smiles.....

I said, "This plant needs a name, Will, do you want to name it?"

Will says, "Ok, mom."

I ask Will, "Is it a girl or a boy plant?"

Will tells me, "It's a boy."

"What will you name it?"

"Poom Poom Pee", he says.

So now it is Poom Poom Pee. Of course, Gracie needed to be a part of all of this and she named one of our plants Aubrey and I named my dehydrated poinsettia-Sylvia.

I think Will knew I was being fun and silly and at the same time serious. Maybe he'll think again before he rips the leaves off of a plant.