Picture the scene. It's suppertimetime in our kitchen. The boys have polished off their main course.
Me: What do you guys want for pudding?
Johnny: Goose nuts!
Me: What?
Johnny: Goose nuts.
Me: Do you mean gooseberries?
Johnny: No, goose nuts.
Me: Goose eggs? (Not that we have any.)
Johnny: No, goose nuts.
He points across the room and suddenly, the penny drops.
Ah. These will, for evermore, be known in our household as Goose Nuts.
And did you spy them? My felted pebbles? Very therapeutic. Not sure if they are any practical use, however.
The Goose Nuts story cracks me up--children make such amusing connections that are quite entertaining.
I love the felted pebbles and a practical use I can see for them is to toss them at someone who irritates you, say those folks who don't return their shopping carts or errant drivers on the road. They would, however, probably end up as nest materials for birds which is good on one hand but bad on another because you'd have to spend an inordinate amount of time making a quantity of said missiles. Then again, tossing of missiles, even felted pebbles, at miscreants could result in a lawsuit which is bad. Oh dear, my practical use idea just isn't going to work at all. But your felted pebbles are really cute anyway.
Posted by: June | 16 July 2008 at 22:38
!I love it when kids give a new word for something ordinary. It adds a little silly fun to the day. And goose nuts is hilarious!!!
Posted by: Gina | 16 July 2008 at 22:59
I LOVE these goose nuts! The farm shop not 5 mins from my house does them and my favourite are the vanilla-flavoured pumpkin seeds they are YUMMMY. They put them a-top of the most amazing carrot cake I've ever tasted. I also used them as roof tiles on my Christmas gingerbread house...
Posted by: Kathleen | 16 July 2008 at 23:20
Goose nuts - great name and how fab that they will eat them.
I have been tempted to felt soap, which is probably even less useful!
Posted by: dottycookie | 16 July 2008 at 23:20
I love your felted pebbles. In fact I'd like to squeeze one right now. I know I would end up carrying them around all day, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze!
Posted by: Cherry Menlove | 17 July 2008 at 07:21
I've been meaning to make felt beads for quite a while now. Perhaps you could make a necklace out of your pebbles (depending on size of course)! Love the color of the purple one especially, and it coordinates so well with the goose nuts! K x
Posted by: kristina | 17 July 2008 at 07:58
Look at you with kids who ask for healthy food as desert! In my house the requests would be much more chocolate orientated.I must try the goose nuts!
Posted by: Kristy | 17 July 2008 at 08:09
Goosenuts - what a fabulous name! Do the pebbles need to have a use whan they are just lovely things?
Posted by: Gina | 17 July 2008 at 08:20
Ha! Goose nuts indeed. I wish my kids would eat something uber healthy like that. They just want ice cream and chocolate, so I always say 'after some fruit or yoghurt'. Yes, I am a Food Fascist! x
Posted by: Kitty | 17 July 2008 at 08:48
Great that they want goose nuts for pudding - and sweet how those names evolve! My two are currently in a phase of asking for a 'Wallace and Gromit cheese cracker' for pudding after they saw a video at their granddad's house.
Posted by: Helen | 17 July 2008 at 09:37
I think Johnny has a career in marketing - goose nuts is a far snappier name than munchy seeds. By the way your felted pebbles don't need a practical use - their tactile loviness justifies their existence alone!
Posted by: julie | 17 July 2008 at 10:48
Very impressive children you have! It's just chocolate all the way here - I wonder where he gets that from?
I wouldn't worry about being practical - it's good to have things just because!
Posted by: Dragonfly | 17 July 2008 at 11:33
hahaha. goosenuts!
Posted by: Zoe | 17 July 2008 at 13:35
To me that's a better name but I bet it wouldn't get through a marketing research test.
I like the felted pebbles too - I don't mind if you never find a use for them :)
Posted by: Joanne | 17 July 2008 at 15:07
Excellent name and full marks for healthy children! Mine might be tempted to eat them with a cool name like Goose Nuts, but are more likely to go for a banana or ideally ( in their eyes!) a piece of cake :)
Posted by: French Knots | 17 July 2008 at 17:52
There is actually a brand of nuts in Australia called ducks nuts. Perhaps they are related.
PS when you leave me a comment can you check the email address that you leave. I try to reply to you, but it bounces back each time.
Posted by: tracey petersen | 18 July 2008 at 09:09
So funny... my kids love "fish balls" aka Nordic Naturals kids strawberry flavored omega 6 vitamins... Cute!
Posted by: melody | 18 July 2008 at 16:54
Hee hee - goose nuts is fab!!
Your felted pebbles are lovely. All that stabbing is so therapeutic :)
Glad to see from Dottycookie's comment that I'm not the only one who's tempted to felt soap!
xxx
Posted by: Lesley | 18 July 2008 at 21:42
brilliant!! My daughter is trying to impersonate an electric drill at the minute
Posted by: Joanna | 19 July 2008 at 16:47