Put water in a plastic cup.
Let her take a sip.
Put the cup in the freezer.
Refrain from losing your shit when you spend the rest of the evening saying, "No, it's not done yet" a hundred times.
Just before bedtime, remove cup from the freezer and hand it to her.
Tell her to take a sip.
Smile when she says, "Mommy, the water is stuck in there!"
Tell her to stick her hand in and touch it. Let her squeeze the cup to see how hard it is. Watch as the chunk of ice pops out of the cup and smashes to pieces all over the kitchen floor.
Let her hold a piece and watch it melt in her hands.
"Wow, Mommy! That's amazing! It's turning into water again! I can't believe it! It was water first, then it froze like a rock, and now it's water again! How cool! Let's do it again!"
Tuck her into bed.
Return to the kitchen and collect the remaining ice chips on the floor. Clean up all the little puddles of water.
All this because she asked what ice is and glared at me like I was a big, fat liar when I told her it's only really, really cold water.
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