What’s with the strawberry and banana theme? Maybe the kids were knocking back strawberry banana Pina Coladas on some kind of kids’ night out. I blame our trip to Jamaica last year. They clearly snuck out while Rodney and I were sleeping. I’ve been somewhat nervous to try coconut at home with Lauren because of her nut allergies. Even though she’s never reacted to it in her blood tests, I don’t trust those results 100%. But she was fine, which is great because I love to cook with it – baking, curries, granola. You name it. We just weren’t psyched to eat it straight from the shell.
ME: “Ok you guys each want a piece of coconut?”
ME: “Here we go, what does it look like?”
SAM: “It looks like strawberry coconut water.”
ME: “I want you to describe something without saying the words strawberry or banana.”
SAM: “Banana.”
ME: “I want you to stretch your brain. So, so far. What does it look like? Stretch it out.”
SAM: “A banana.”
ME: “Lauren, what do you think?”
LAUREN: “I think looking at Sam’s it looks like an ice cream cone. Without the ice cream.”
ME: “What do you think about the color?”
LAUREN: “White!”
ME: “Sam, what about you?”
SAM: “Strawberry–colored.”
ME: “What does it sound like when you knock it on the ground?”
LAUREN: “I think when you rub it, it sounds like bees.”
ME: “Interesting.”
LAUREN: “And when you bang it, it sounds like a strawberry banging.”
ME: “What does it smell like?”
LAUREN: “I think it smells like banana and strawberry.”
ME: “That seems to be a popular description with you two. I’m going to smell it. It smells kind of tropical like suntan lotion.”
ME: “Now here’s the best part: you get to lick it first, then bite it.”
SAM: “I don’t want to bite it.”
ME: “Thoughts guys?”
SAM: “The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round.”
ME: “Want to bite it?”
EMMA: “It’s ducky (yucky).”
ME: “What do you think Sam?”
SAM: “I don’t want to taste mine.”
ME: “What do you think Lauren?”
LAUREN: “It tastes like strawberry and banana.”