Conversation with a first grader
/"How was school today?"
"Good."
"Yeah? What did you learn?"
"Hmm."
"You can't remember?"
"No. I'm going to need to go back Monday."
"Good thinking, buddy."
"How was school today?"
"Good."
"Yeah? What did you learn?"
"Hmm."
"You can't remember?"
"No. I'm going to need to go back Monday."
"Good thinking, buddy."
Critter: Mom, I had a squishy orange in my backpack from lunch
Bride: did you eat it?
Critter: No, I tried to blow it up.
Bride: Oh, were you successful?
Critter: No. I used the bike pump and the air just hisses out.
I think I teared up a bit. Those are my genes showing through right there. But still. Probably time to hide the lighter fluid.
...
Bride: Have you seen my shoes? I need to go poop.
Me: I do not live in a world where I can make those two things relate to one another.
...
Bride: I just caught your four year old son endlessly singing the theme to New Girl. He knows all the words.
Me: In his defense: that Zooey Deschanel is way hotter than her sister Emily.
My Bride: Did I ever tell you that I don't like to touch milk?
Me: You mean "share."
My Bride: What?
Me: You don't like to share milk. Even with your children. Which is weird, and kind of selfish. But we accept you anyay.
My Bride: No. I mean, yes: sharing milk is gross. But I don't like to touch milk.
Me: Why would you need to touch milk? When does this come up?
My Bride: Also, I don't like ketchup except when it's on things.
Me: What are we talking about? When would you have ketchup by itself?
My Bride: It feels icky. And then my hands smell like ketchup. Or milk.
Me: I'm lost.
My Bride: Try to keep up. This is the same reason I only eat watermelon with a fork, after it's been cut up.
Me: We've been married for almost 18 years. And you are still a mystery.
My Bride: I'm totally normal.
Geek. Amateur homesteader. Enthusiastic cook. Occasional doodler. Avid eater of food, Father. Bad banjo player. .
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