Mommy Made Me Eat Cat Food

“Mommy made me eat cat food.”

I just recently found out that Ransom said this to someone. 

What?!!! Why in the world would this kid tell someone I made him eat cat food? I obviously have not made him eat cat food or anything resembling cat food. I have not made some sort of crazy kid snack and called it cat food even!

After hearing about this, I decided to grill him. My kids say some weird things and honestly if I don’t ask them why, I could never come to the proper reason myself.

Me: “Ransom, did you say that I made you eat cat food?”

Ransom: “Yes.”

Me: “Why? I’ve never made you eat cat food.”

Ransom: “You made me eat cat food when I was a baby.”

Me: …thinking and finally remembering. “You ate cat food when you were a baby but I didn’t make you. You decided to eat it.”

Ransom: “Oh. And I liked it?”

Me: “No, I don’t think you liked it.”

Ah ha! Mystery solved. I told the boys once that Ransom ate cat food when he was little. As most little kids do, he was crawling around and found some old cat food. Before I knew it the kid had eaten it. Yuck!

Now the odd thing is that it’s not like I told them that story recently. It’s probably been months since I told them about the cat food incident. How is it that my kids can have such an amazing memory and yet get the details so flawed? You’ve got to wonder what other horror stories they’ve told people!