Oh I just loved seeing pictures of your sons when they were little! We have had similar experiences with "helpful" relatives. My daughters know the names of the plants in our garden and eat Egyptian walking onions straight from the earth all summer long (they often have onion breath when they come inside from playing!) They never wear shoes in the summer and it is funny when visitors say "Wait you have to put your shoes on!" as my daughters are running outside. We also take this approach with insects. Teaching them which ones can bite or sting and which are safe.
Ahhh.. now I am dreaming of summer days....
Sounds like our kids would get along quite well... Wow they eat raw onions!? I can't even get mine to eat cooked ones, haha. But then again everything tastes better straight outta the garden...
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