Thoughts to Remember

Tonight I was trying to explain to Mookie why we don't put salt on our honey seared chicken. I said there are little cells on her tongue that like it when things taste good. I said "We all have taste buds on our tongue that tell our brains when something tastes good or bad."

She paused a minute, then said "Mommy, we don't put bugs in our mouths, right?"

Confused, I said, "Well, no. Not usually. Why?"

Equally confused, she said, "Well, how do the taste bugs get in our mouths then?"

It took me a sec to clue in that she thought taste buds were "taste bugs" that live on our tongues and tell us if food tastes good or not!