How A Big Sister Can Boss You....

This was the conversation around the breakfast table this morning. (We had pumpkin bread with fresh-ground whole-wheat flour. This information will redeem me by the end of the post).
Kiki addressed Tristan, "Did you know you are dying?", and paused for effect, "Everyone is dying."
"Of course!" answered Tristan cheerfully, "Everyone is going to die."
Kiki clarified, "You're dying right now."
"NO!", Tristan corrected.
"YES, every second you're closer to dying." she retorted.
"NO."
"YES."
This no/yes parlay continued for a few rounds and was punctuated with exuberant attempts by Sawyer to gain Kiki's attention:
"Kiki, LOOK! Kiki, LOOK! Kiki, LOOK!"
"What?" Kiki finally snapped.
"I'm not dead!" Sawyer said brightly.
Tristan added supportively, "I'm not going to die for 100 years!"
But Kiki had the last word, "Most people don't even live 'til they're 80!"
This doom was lost on the two boys however, as they turned to the immediate task at hand: which color of leftover, birthday, Fruit Loop Straw should they have for breakfast?

Hmmm. Come to think of it, with that kind of diet, maybe expiring at 80 years old is not such a conservative projection.