what does mummy do again?

(actually happened on October 1st 2013)

Me: ...and then this afternoon we're going to be driving to a hospital in Halifax to pick up a placenta.
Small: what's a placenta?
Little: it's the thing that is inside a lady's tummy when she's pregnant and it attaches the baby to her. And then it pops out and you have to eat it.
Me: you don't have to eat it but some women choose to eat it. And I help by turning it into something convenient and that can be kept for a long time. Cuz generally women don't want to bung it in the oven and eat it with chips.
Kids: *laughter*
Me: so I make them into tablets.
Tiny: *aghast* mummy!! Why are you going to turn that baby into tablets?!
Me: *chuckling* no, the baby will be with his or her mummy. I make the placenta into tablets.