Are my children peculiar?

The Shibblets loved it! Thanks for the link.

As to Wile E’s question about vegetables: The Boy is an extremely finicky eater. Almost unbelievably so. For example he loves pizza, but he won’t eat the sauce if he finds “green stuff” in it. The “green stuff” is usually just some basil or oregano used to flavor the sauce. But it only bothers him if he spots it. He’ll eat raw carrots and that’s about it on the vegetable front. He’ll eat just about any fruit, though. The Girl will try most anything. Her favorite vegetables are broccoli (but only if I make it in Thai stir-fry with tamarind sauce) and baby peas. She’ll also eat raw carrots, but isn’t that wild about cooked ones. For her birthday she asked for smelt roe sushi, and has been known to request fish for dinner. She is deathly afraid of slugs and snails. I could probably get her to eat escargot as long as she didn’t know what it was, but I don’t have the heart to trick her like that.

PS to Wile E: I went to Mazzaro’s today to eat lunch and pick up a loaf of Italian bread. I was sitting at the coffee bar enjoying the gorgeous Italian singer and I noticed that Aida Turturro was also having some cappucino with a couple of friends.

Your children sound marvelously creative. Feed their interests!

The Discovery Channel Store’s science toys might be of interest to them. Here’s one that I gave my granddaughter at Christmas:

Discovery Forensics Lab

Just a smallish warning - don’t let your kids read Bradbury’s short story, “The Veldt.” I’ve a feeling they would REALLY like it. :smiley:

Hopefully, your boy doesn’t get his hands on any of The Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison. At least, not until he’s mature enough. They had a…let’s say, detrimental…effect on some friends of mine in junior high school.

To repeat, your kids sound highly intelligent and creative. If they are “normal” in other ways - healthy, like a variety of activities, have other friends, etc. - then there’s nothing to worry about.

By any chance, do they watch TV? Or rather, do you limit their TV such that they are allowed to watch very little? They sure sound like they are not victims of TV Fried-Brain SYndrome.