SMARTIES

I had the funniest conversation with Maddie yesterday (well, she always has something funny to say)... but I wanted to write this one down so I didn't forget it.

We sat down for breakfast, and I fed her fish.
MOM: Your fish is not eating her food lately. Maybe she'll die some day soon.
MADDIE: No, mom, my fish will never die.
MOM: Yes, Maddie, your fish will die one day.
MADDIE: No she wont.
MOM: Maddie, all fish die some day.
MADDIE: Not mine.
MOM: I have a video on the computer that I can show you of a little girl who had a funeral for her fish just before she flushed it down the toilet. (here, you can watch it if you want, it's hilarious)
MADDIE: Well, mom.... computer fish and tv fish die, but mine will never die.
MOM: That video is a recording of a real fish that died. So all fish will die some day.
MADDIE: No! She wont!

I decided that I was done and that I didn't really care if I won this argument or not. So I let it go.
THEN......
Later that afternoon, the kids were picking a treat from their Easter baskets, and both decided to go with SMARTIES.

MADDIE: I'm going to have smarties because I need to be smarter.
MOM: Really?
MADDIE: Ya, Holly told me that there's the word Smart in Smarties, so if you eat them, then you'll be smarter.
MOM: Did you know that Holly was just joking. Smarties don't really make you smarter.
MADDIE: Yes, they do.
MOM: No, she was just being silly.
MADDIE: They really do mom! Do you wanna see?
maddie put a few in her mouth and chomped, when her mouth was clear....
MADDIE: See.... you're right mom! My fish will die some day. See, smarties made me smarter.

LOL, I just laughed my head off.