The scene: Two girls, 8 and 2, eating rainbow Rocket Pops from the ice cream truck on their driveway on a summer's evening.

8-year-old: *expresses dislike of the grape layer, because all her kids' medicine is grape-flavored and has turned her off of the taste*

Me: Just get a butter knife and cut that part off.

8-year-old: No. I grow through pain. *grimaces and takes a bite*

A few moments pass.

8-year-old: But why do they have to make it so strong? *picks up paper plate and fans herself*

2-year-old: *is eating a completely different layer* So strong! *picks up paper plate and fans it in the wrong direction*