For those of you who don't know Colt or have never seen Colt, the dude is skin and bones. He is LEAN. These past few months he's been learning about body systems. His class even took a field trip to a heart center where they learned about being healthy and basic stuff about the heart.
Colt is a serious learner. He typically believes what he's taught and will apply what he's learned.
Colt often doesn't wear much in the way of clothes and often comes to the dinner table without a shirt on.
So, one evening as we're eating dinner (I believe we were having steak), Colt's sitting there without a shirt on, and he starts telling us about how we shouldn't eat a lot of meat and goes on to tell us about fat content and how it's bad for us.
I could not keep a straight face as this kid whose ribs you can easily count is preaching to us about the ill-effects of fat.
Not only that, but he's taken to working out on a pretty regular schedule. We have a new Wii "game" with a personal trainer and workout sessions. Each day he'll come home and beg to workout. The kid loves moving around.
I love that he wants to be active and healthy. But at the same time I'd love for him to gain a few pounds. I understand the need to teach healthy habits to our children, but at the same time, I wish that teachers would take into account kids like Colt who NEED to put on a few and don't need to hear the ill-effects of fat content.
Time to serve up some lard.
6 years ago
