I keep calling him "stink pot"

As I was walking up the steps to pick Ezra up from school today, I noticed that the outside stairwell stunk like Chinese B.O. It was horrible. I decided that someone with B.O must have just walked the steps. Then I walked into Ezra's classroom and the smell intensified and I realized it was Ezra's teacher. Seriously, it was the most obnoxious scent I've smelled in a long time.

But then, we got in the taxi.

I smelled Ezra's breath. It was that same smell. I had brought a book to read to him in the car and had to try to hold my breath while reading. Bleh. Gag me. It was something they had cooked for lunch.

Back home, if he didn't come near me, I was okay. As long as the child stayed at least three feet away and didn't breath in my direction, the smell was only vaguely annoying.

But as soon as I came back in the door from running errands, I could smell it horribly in my house. Ezra was sitting about thirty feet away on the couch but his breath and body were so covered up with that smell that it had permeated the entire downstairs!

I asked Ayi what it was that smelled so badly all over Ezra and the literal translation was "big garlic." Anyone out there know what the vegetable is or could be? I'll know to stay away from!