counting our chicken...

Today we had some friends over for a pre-Thanksgiving BBQ. Mike had put chicken thighs and legs out on the counter to thaw. As Mike was cleaning the chicken, Noah came by and asked, "Oh yum, are we having chicken?" "Yes" Mike answered. Noah said frankly, "How many chickens had to die for us to have those legs, Dad?" As I listened from the other room, Mike told Noah to count the legs and figure it out. Noah proudly began to count by twos for his dad, and then proclaimed, "10 chicken legs!?!" so 5 chickens had to die for us to have their legs!!!!???!!" They went on to discuss and count the same way with the chicken thighs. I didn't know whether to jump into the conversation and begin talking about God providing chickens for us to eat, and that the WHOLE chicken got used and not just the legs, or to just be thrilled that he was practically applying his math skills!!!! So in short, if you want your child to work on those math facts get yourself some chicken parts......