Lu Boo and Tigger Too!

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And we are back.

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Welcome back to the Curiosity Chronicles.

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Today I have one of my favorite guests of all time.

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And her name is?

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Lucy Costello Luella.

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Lucy Luella Costello.

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Yes, yes, yes.

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That is your name.

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And how old are you?

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Five years old.

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You're five years old.

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And what did you want to talk about today?

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I want to talk about how it's...

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how tomatoes are a fruit and not a vegetable and how you can um and how a lime is a

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fruit and not a vegetable too yeah and some other things too what about bell

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peppers what are bell peppers they're a fruit they're a fruit yeah and what makes

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them all fruits instead of vegetables because if

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It makes them all fruits because they all have seeds.

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They all have seeds.

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Do you know why having seeds makes them a fruit?

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Yes.

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Anything that has seeds is a fruit.

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Yeah, because it is the production of the seeds.

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So the fruit is the fruiting body.

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Whereas like I came up with this term.

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Potatoes and carrots and turnips and rutabagas are all root fruits.

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Because the flower portion is the stuff we chop off.

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And the fruit of the plant of those plants would be the root portion.

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Which is kind of funny.

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But they don't have seeds.

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But did you know, Lucy, that vegetables aren't technically real?

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What?

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Yeah.

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Vegetables...

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was a word that was made up for classification purposes and doesn't actually have

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any scientific meaning really now do not cite me on that because i could totally be

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wrong from you know just the stuff that i've gathered knowledge wise over the last

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you know 30 years but i'm almost 100 positive that's what i've read um

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So,

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yeah,

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so they're for tomatoes,

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limes,

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cucumbers,

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lemons,

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apples,

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oranges,

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bell peppers,

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pickles,

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because pickles are cucumbers.

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And if you didn't know that, you need to go get on the Internet.

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Honestly.

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Well, what kind of podcast did you call this?

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What kind of podcast did you want to have last night?

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Um.

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That's what you said.

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So originally,

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Lucy wanted to have an eensy-weensy teensy podcast,

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but now she wants to have a long podcast,

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which I'm totally fine with.

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So what are we going to talk about next, baby girl?

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So let's talk about how you can ride a bicycle without chaining wheels for your very first time.

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Yeah, okay.

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So riding your bicycle without training wheels for the very first time,

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what do you think kiddos are thinking inside their brains when they think about

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getting ready to ride their bicycle without training wheels for the very first time?

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They might be thinking, what if I fall off?

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What if I don't, what if I scrape my knee?

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If you go to the store and you see some knee pads and elbow pads,

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that's going to be great because if you wear those along with your helmet,

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that will help you be protected.

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Yeah,

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if you wear elbow pads and knee pads and a helmet,

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you won't have to worry about what if I fall off and scrape my knee because you've

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got all of the protective gear on.

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Yep.

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So correct.

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What would you say to someone who's nervous about trying?

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Um, if you try and, um, if you never try, you won't know how it is.

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But if you do try, you will know how it is.

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Yeah.

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Does mommy say that to you sometimes?

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Yes.

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Yeah.

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If you don't try, you won't know.

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Yep.

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But it's so true because what did I say that to you for once?

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And you finally tried it and you loved it so much.

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uh the green slide the green slide at the water park yeah it was actually fun it

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was actually fun that was such a fun vacation for us wasn't it it was at kansas and

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i loved it and the green slide was so fast and twisty and droopy and at the end um

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there was like no underwater bit no it was just like a little um a little short

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thing without a cover

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It was a little short thing with like a little landing spot without a cover.

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Yeah, that's what it was like, yeah.

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So if someone is learning to ride their bike without training wheels and they're

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not sure where to start to learn,

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where do you think they should start?

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They should start in their parents' garage if they have one or on a sidewalk or a driveway.

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That's a great idea.

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And do you think they might need

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maybe one of their parents' support or help?

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Yes.

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How do you think it would be the most,

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what do you think would be the most helpful for a friend of yours learning to ride

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their bike for the first time without training wheels?

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What do you think it would be helpful for a parent to do for them?

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Just hold, just hold, just hold, just hold the handlebars with them.

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hold the handlebars with them.

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What about holding your waist or your shoulders?

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Yes.

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I was thinking of that too.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And soon enough when you're comfortable with it,

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your parents will let you go as soon as you let them know.

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That is so very true.

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So once you're ready,

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you can let your parents know that you're ready for them to let go.

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Is that what you were saying?

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Yes.

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And then what?

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And then,

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um,

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if you ever fall off your bike,

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um,

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it's okay because you'll have to wear,

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um,

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you,

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you,

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you might,

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um,

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you might really,

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if

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you might fall down and be okay still even though you don't have knee pads because

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what if it's a teensy little tap on the road it's okay exactly exactly you want to

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hear kind of a crazy story from when mama was like six and a half yes okay so when

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mama was like six and a half she had a bike just like yours without training wheels

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but I was taller because I was older.

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So your bike right now is already too small, right?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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So can you imagine being a little bit taller and on a tiny bike like that?

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Yeah.

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And how hard it would be to do things.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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So one day Gamma and I, Gamma is what my kiddos call my mom.

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Gamma and I were on a walk on a very nice trail and I was riding my bike and Gamma

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was walking and she knew that there was a big hill coming.

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But I didn't,

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and I was just pedaling and pedaling and pedaling and going,

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and Gamble was kind of far behind me.

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And so she had yelled at me to stop, but I didn't hear her.

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And I kept going down the big, giant hill.

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And because the bike was too small,

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when I braked at the bottom of the hill,

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do you know what happened?

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What?

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I flipped over the handlebars.

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Ow.

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And you know what saved my brain?

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What is it?

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take a guess uh you um you um you um you instead tried to you tried to stand up and

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you and it worked to stand up but you were um doing a handstand that would be silly

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no i was wearing my helmet

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And so I didn't hurt my head because I was wearing my helmet.

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Oh, right.

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Which is why it's important to have a bike that is fitted properly for you.

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I know.

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Yeah.

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And I now understand why Dee goes on and on and on about how important that is.

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So that's what happened to Mommy.

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And that's why it's important.

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But I knew how to ride my bike, so the rest of the part was fine.

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I just flipped because I was too big for the bike.

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I went, zoop, because I braked and went, zoop, right over the handlebars.

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Is there anything else you want to talk about, Princess?

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Well, uh, yes.

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Yeah, what do you want to talk about?

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So if you ever want to go play outside when it's raining, you can just, um,

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There's nothing inside,

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but if you have a garage,

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that's great because you can just shut open the door a little bit or watch the rain

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or you can also play with a sports kit if you have one.

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Yeah, that's very true.

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Those are great,

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great ideas for indoor activities for when it's rainy out because it was rainy all

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day today,

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wasn't it?

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And when I was in my classroom,

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I,

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for my second recess at School Inside,

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I played PBS Kids games.

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What games did you play?

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What were your favorite ones?

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My favorite one was the Clifford one, where I took care of Clifford.

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That's a cool one, isn't it?

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Yeah.

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Because he's so big.

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I know.

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You know what, though?

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Sometimes Zeus and Shepi feel that big.

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What?

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The other day,

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Sheppy tried to lay on top of me while I was sleeping because he wanted attention.

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Oh.

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I know, but he was wet from being outside.

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Oh.

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Yeah, it was so gross.

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But he felt the size of Clifford with how big he is.

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Oh.

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I know, silly, right?

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That's weird.

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So anything else that you want to talk about on this really long podcast episode?

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Yes.

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Um.

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Uh... Peanuts are not a nut.

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They're a legume.

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They are a legume.

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Get it?

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Yes, peanuts are a legume.

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And legumes are what?

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They're a... Legumes are a food.

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Yeah, crazy, right?

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So all the nuts,

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basically everything you eat is a fruit unless it's meat and then it's an animal.

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Yeah, obviously.

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Yeah, so that's kind of cool.

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And unless it's an egg.

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Which I think is technically considered an animal still.

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Yeah, obviously because it's a baby chicken.

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Yeah, well, not yet.

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If it were sat on me, it would become a baby chicken.

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Yeah.

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And incubated.

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Yeah.

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I think we did chips in third grade.

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So normally when I have people on my podcast, I ask them questions.

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Can I ask you some questions?

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Yes.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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All right, Lucy Luella.

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Yes.

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One is your favorite color.

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My favorite color is pink and yellow.

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Pink and yellow.

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Yeah.

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Those are your mom's favorite colors, aren't they?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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What is your favorite thing to learn about in school?

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My favorite thing to learn about in school, a lot of things.

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Math, science, and also art.

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Art?

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What's your favorite thing to do in science?

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My favorite thing to do in science is experiments, like making how to make elephant toothpaste.

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Yeah, you've done some pretty cool experiments over the past few years, haven't you?

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Yeah, like with my dad, I did, with my actual dad, I did, um...

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some like elephant toothpaste.

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Yeah, and we made oobleck and slime.

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Yeah, that was actually fun.

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Yeah, and some crystals.

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What else have we done here?

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Oh, you made your own perfume?

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Uh-huh.

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That was cool.

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But it smells pretty bad now.

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Oh, does it?

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Yeah, it smells weird.

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Uh-oh.

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We'll have to go take a look at it.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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So you love math and science and art.

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Uh-huh.

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And you love to read.

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You love books.

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Yep.

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And I'm starting to learn to read at small group this week.

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Oh, yeah?

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Mm-hmm.

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Yeah?

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Is that exciting?

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Yep.

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Who's in your, who all, what are your friends in your small group?

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Ivy, Steph, Sophia, and Collins.

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Oh, how fun.

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Yep.

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Is that your table?

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No, it's actually just a table.

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That you guys go to?

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Yeah, only at the morning times when we're doing a mirror, and a mirror helps us learn to read.

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Oh, cool.

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As well as small group.

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Yeah.

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It helps us learn, it helps us count, it helps us read, and it also helps us learn science.

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What?

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That is super cool.

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Technology is pretty impressive, isn't it?

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Yep.

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Did you know when I was your age, there weren't really computers?

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What?

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They existed,

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but they were these giant machines that would take up the entire size of the garage.

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What the?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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So back in 1999.

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No, 98.

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No, it would have been 98.

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Back in 1998.

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And cell phones,

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like real cell phones that everybody carried didn't really even start until like 2003.

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Yeah.

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Before that, not a lot of people had them.

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And then when great grandpa doctor was working and he had a cell phone when Gamma

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was a kid,

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it was the size of a briefcase.

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What the?

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I know.

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That was weird.

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I know.

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And we used to have phones that were plugged into our walls.

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What the?

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I know.

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And they had little dial thingies on them.

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I think there's still one at the cottage.

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I think I've shown it to you.

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I don't remember you showing it.

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Yeah.

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You were younger.

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Ah.

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Can I see that again?

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When we go there?

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Yeah.

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Yeah, I'll show you.

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We're going to make sure we get there this summer.

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Okay.

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With Izzy.

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Yeah, with Izzy.

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Oh, and by the way, Izzy's my sister.

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I call her Izzy, but her actual name is Isabella.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, Izzy's your sister.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, you guys are good sisters, aren't you?

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Yep.

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Like me and Emmy.

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But we're,

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um,

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not exactly the same because now she,

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um,

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has dark red hair and,

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um,

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it's,

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it stays there.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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She has red hair.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And blue eyes.

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And I have brown eyes.

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Yep.

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And dirty blonde hair, like your mama.

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Yes.

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And Gamma.

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And Gamma had brown eyes for a very long time.

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Hers didn't turn hazel until she was like in high school, I think.

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So you're grown up a lot like Gamma.

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Wait a minute.

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Mine's blonde?

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Dirty blonde.

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So you've got some gold and some yellow mixed in between your brown, which is like Mama's.

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Oh, because when I go in the sun, it's always shiny.

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Yep, exactly.

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And mine does that too.

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What?

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And that's the gold.

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And I do believe that comes from the Irish part of our family.

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What do you mean?

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Well, we are a combination of different people from all over the country.

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It's all over the country.

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It's all over the world.

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So like mommy is Portuguese.

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And Irish, Northern Irish, and Welsh.

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And your first dad is Irish and German.

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What am I?

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So you would be a mix of us, so you're mainly Irish.

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You're a little bit of,

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you're a lot of Irish and a little bit of everything else,

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but we probably could do it.

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We should do it.

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a 23andMe on you.

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I know your genetic code, but I don't know what traits you got from all the places.

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But you got probably mainly mine because you look like my family.

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Aside from Judah, you look like your cousin Judah too.

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And he has brown hair and brown eyes.

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Alright, I think we're probably getting to the end here.

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Would you like to say bye?

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Bye.

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Thank you, everyone, for listening to this wonderful, very awesome Curiosity Chronicles episode.

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I can't.

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I'm having a hard time talking today, kiddo.

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Thank you so much for listening, and we will talk to you next time.

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Yep.