Mom: Kaleb, will you clear the table, please?
Kaleb: Why?
Mom: Because I asked you to...
Mom(mumbling to herself as she walks from the dining room to the livingroom): What a novel idea. Doing something just because mommy asks you to...
Leah (having followed mom from the dining room to the livingroom): You mean evil, right?
Mom: What?
Leah: Evil. You mean it's an evil idea.
Mom: No, I said novel. Like new, refreshing, innovative. (Okay, so I thought the last two).
Leah: Sounds evil to me.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Mom, Interrupted
This is a real life conversation I had with my children this morning (and another example of why mommy shouldn't mumble to herself...)
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3 comments:
Hahaha, so funny. I love how our kids want to hear everything we say. I often mumble under my breath and the my oldest usually picks up on it and says,"What did you say???" I need to be careful. Funny conversation!
Maybe that is why they don't want to set the table because they think it is an evil punishment for something...just a though. jen
This conversation reminds me of my ouse growing up. My mom has a masters in English from Harvard and her constant efforts at improving our vocabulary often sprung from nowhere. I love that you didn't just shrug your daughter off, or agree with her, but you took the time to define "novel." She probably used it in a sentence that day. Chalk one up for mom.
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