Virgin = Vegetation = Vegetarians

One of the consequences of going to Digitour was that the girls had to do homework on our way home from Chicago. Here are a few snippets of our conversation.
 

Gwen: Mom! It says PUBERTY on my homework!

Me: WHAT?

Gwen: Yeah! It does! pu-ber-ty. Weird, right?

Me: What subject is it?

Gwen: It's math, mama. I don't get why it says that.

Alli: Gwen, that says property.

Gwen: Oooooh! (pause) What does property mean?

 

Gwen: I know how to spell virgin.

Me: WHAT?

Gwen: Virgin. I know how to spell it.

Me: WHY?

Gwen: Because I do. It's v-e-g-e-t-a-t-i-o-n.

Me: Gwen, that's vegetation.

Gwen: Oh, ok.

Me inside my head: PUH-LEASE don't ask what virgin means!
 

Then later...

Gwen: What are some vegetarians around our neighborhoods?

Me: WHAT? Let me see the paper. Gwen, that says vegetation. It's not the same thing.

Gwen: I know, but I call it vegetarians.
Me: Vegetarians are people who don't eat meat. Vegetation is plants.
Gwen: Eh! Close enough.

 

Stubborn kid!