Lost in Translation

I may have encouraged my children to eat their veggies by — how shall I say this? — embellishing their health benefits. Carrots give you eagle eyes, kale makes you jump higher, zucchini makes you run fast, etc. Maybe in the throes of my story telling I somehow forgot to stress the need to consume said vegetables in order to achieve full effect. So I really only had myself to blame when I found the boys in the midst of a footrace shouting, “ZUCCHINI!!!” at the top of their lungs.