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kid 1: which is the best popsicle?
kid 2: definitely watermelon
me: there are 4 watermelon popsicles. does everyone want one?
kid 3: no, watermelon is red. there's only 2.
kid 1: red is cherry
kid 3: no, red is watermelon
me: what is pink then?
kid 3: i don't know. but red is watermelon.
me: i like purple and blue
kid 1: what about green?
me: lime? lime is ok.
kid 3: green is not lime. orange is lemon. there is no lime.
me: i'm pretty sure orange is orange
kid 1: no, orange is lemon. ask our teacher. ask kid 2. everyone will tell you, orange is lemon

now. i've been trying to teach them that everything doesn't have to be so literal. and we joke about many things until whichever kid who is taking things too literally starts to joke with us. but that was not the case today. they were all being completely serious. unless they've mastered my dead pan.

at this point, i cut open an orange popsicle
me: kid 2, try this.
::kid 2 eats some:: ..yep, definitely lemon.
::megan, exasperated::