Peas were one of the few vegetables I actually liked as a kid! My siblings not so much. Once, when I was 11, my brother was 9 and my sister was 3, my mom served a meal with Peas on the side. Just for fun, and because she knew my brother and sister weren't fond of peas, she put 3 peas on the plate of my 3-year-old sister and 9 peas on the plate of my 9-year-old brother. I got a regular serving, because for a change this was something I wasn't picky about. She didn't say anything. My 3-year-old sister looked at her plate, my brother's plate, and then my plate. You could tell she was thinking, but before we could ask what she was thinking about, she asked, with big eyes and an amazed voice, referring to the huge pile of peas on my plate: "How old is Erika?" 😂 It's one of my favorite family anecdotes. What a smart 3-year-old to make that connection, right?
