Sophie: “Mommy, did you know there’s something on TV called a PackIt?”
Me: “What’s that?”
Sophie: “It’s for when you go on picnics and if the PackIt is cold it keeps food that needs to be cold really, really cold.”
Me: “Oh?”
Sophie: “And guess where you keep it?”
Me: “Where?”
Sophie: “In your refrigerator.”
Me: “Oh.”
Sophie: “And guess what?”
Me: “What?”
Sophie: “If you drop it, it won’t break. And it won’t spill! And there’s a bottle that comes with it. And a container.”
Me: “Oh.”
Sophie: “Do you know where I learned that?”
Me: “Where?”
Sophie: “On the TV. I learned that on the TV.”
Me: “Sophie, do you know what a commercial is?”
Sophie: “Uh-uh. I don’t.”
Me: “Do you think someone was trying to sell you that PackIt?”
Sophie: “I’m not sure.”
Me: “Is it something you want to buy?”
Sophie: “Uh-huh.”
Me: “Why?”
Sophie: “Because then we can take cold stuff that needs to be cold to a picnic!”
Me: “What about just getting ice from the freezer and using that?”
Sophie: “We won’t need ice for it!”
Me: “No, I mean, what about using ice from the freezer instead of the Packit?”
Sophie: “I don’t know what you mean.”
Me: “What if, we took ice from the freezer, put it in a plastic bag or cooler, and used that to keep our food cold? Then we wouldn’t have to buy a Packit. Do you think that’s a good idea?”
Sophie: “Mm-hmmm. Can I watch a movie now?”
“In general, my children refused to eat anything that hadn’t danced on TV.” —Erma Bombeck
