Crayon on the Cob
Glancing back at my daughter from the front passenger seat, I notice flecks of green around her mouth.
“Baby, what are you eating?” I say, reaching back to investigate, and snagging one of the crumbs, I realize what it is. “Are you eating a crayon?”
She shoots me a giddy grin, giggles and replies: “Yes,” a word she has recently mastered and forcefully overpronounces with an extra-hard “y” and “s.”
“How does she have a crayon?” My wife asks, peering into the rear view mirror.
“Who knows?”
Like many great toddlers before her, our daughter has made a habit of eating crayons, often turning coloring time into snack time. Why she enjoys this is beyond me. It can’t be the taste. Is it the texture? The color? The size and shape? Or is it just that it drives Mommy and Daddy nuts?
I hold out my hand. “Okay, can you give Daddy the crayon?”
She pulls the crayon from its hiding place between her leg and the side of her car seat and places it in my palm. And as soon as I see it, I can’t stop laughing.
At least she’s eating her greens.
For some reason, my little girl had decided that instead of the typical carrot-style bite for this particular crayon, she’d opt for more of a corn-on-the-cob approach.
Still in stitches, I look back to my daughter and see a proud, green-toothed smile. She holds out a hand and asks, “More?”
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Love it! Crayons taste like wax ergo, wax lips, wax coke bottles and other wonderful looking, weird tasting stuff from my youth. This post is so appropriate because of all the weird coloured lip stick colours that are out right now. I couldn’t figure out why I didn’t like the colours until I realized they look exactly like the wax lips that tasted so awful that we used to eat as kids! We kept eating them hoping that they would taste better, yet somehow they never did. Thanks for the memories & for letting us in to your life.
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Glad to send you down memory lane. I have to say, I never liked any of those wax candies. Wax lips, wax soda bottles, I tried those things once and thought, “This is terrible,” and never ate them again. I’d give them away to friends after Halloween and they’d ask, “Do you want one?” and I’d be like, “No, you knock yourself out. I’m gonna eat my Snickers over here while you chew on wax.”
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Funny. I think I vaguely remember eating a crayon or two. LOL, they’re non-toxic so it shouldn’t upset her stomach, but it may take a few extra minutes to brush those tiny teeth!
Jae Mac, I’m Just Sayin’…(Damn!)
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Yeah, the tooth-brushing does take a little longer, and it does brighten up diaper-changing time, but I’d much rather she ate things with more nutritional value.
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I remember eating them (although not whether I did so corn on the cob or, erm, traditional style) myself, but I can’t for the life of me remember the allure. Li’l D’s too busy eating Play-Doh these days to keep up with the crayons. :)
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I can actually see the appeal of Play-Doh. It looks like it could be delicious, with the consistency somewhere between pudding and marshmallows. But yeah, crayons, not so much.
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“How does she have a crayon?” The question is more how does she not?
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Totally. Why wouldn’t she have a crayon? She has access to crayons and clothes with pockets.
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I never ate crayons but I *LOVED* to draw on the wall, the couch, the wall, the furniture, the wall… I’m sensing a theme here… when I learned my letters, I’d write my name on EVERYTHING… then blame my little sister, whose name does NOT match mine, & who did not yet know her letters. Quicker thinker right here…
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That’s hysterical! I remember that feeling as a kid–“I’ll throw my siblings under the bus, I’ll lie my ass off, I’ll defy logic and disregard the laws of physics, just don’t make me own up to the thing I obviously did.”
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The green ones are the best!
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I prefer them with a little barbecue sauce. Everything’s better with barbecue sauce.
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I’d like you to know that when I saw that picture, I happened to be drinking from a water bottle and almost choked from laughing because its super funny and super cute. (^_^)
My sons haven’t sampled crayons yet…tissue once, but that was nowhere near as funny or cute…..
Happy New Year! :)
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Whew! That was a close one! Glad to hear you survived. Maybe I should dial back the humor–I don’t want anyone dying or anything.
Yeah, my daughter’s the only one into crayon-eating. My son actually likes to draw with them, which is nice. If you can dodge that bullet yourself, it’s nice. We’ve lost a lot of good crayons out here. It’s especially devastating to break the news to their crayon families.
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I bet it tasted better than brussel sprouts.
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If only it had the same nutritional value, we’d really be onto something here.
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Gold mine my friend. Gold mine.
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We have stopped buying crayons because of my children’s affinity for consuming them and otherwise using them for purposes other than for what they were intended.
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Yeah, we’re finding that markers are a little more effective in actually getting them to draw. The problem is that they also enjoy drawing all over themselves. It’s a trade-off. ;)
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My non-twin children never ate Crayola crayons……..they did however hide them in a pile of washing that went in the tumble dryer on high for an hour. Self-taught batik and tie dye re-fashioning of Mummy and Daddy’s work clothes at a very early age. Lesson learnt – crayon will eventually pass through a teeny tiny intestine at least, but it will never, ever, come out of a few hundred pounds worth of white shirts and blouses……or be as funny as a corn on the cob crayon :)
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Oooh…yeah…I’ve had the crayons in the dryer thing happen. That was not a fun day. Luckily for us, it didn’t ruin too many clothes and most of the cleanup involved picking wax out of the lint trap with my fingernails for about 45 minutes. I feel your pain.
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Ours melted till only the dye of the colour remained……it was a long time ago but definitely still memorable! Love your blog, and congrats on the Freshly Pressed.
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Thanks so much! Great to meet you.
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