Me: Damn it!
Grace: Mom! You just said a bad word.
Chloe: Mom, if you say a bad word like that, like dad again you will be grounded!
Me: Man, Chlo...You are strict. Not a time out first?...Straight to grounded?
Addi: (laughing from her seat at the table)
Grace: Yeah...grounded! What does strict mean?
Me: That you are very serious.
Grace: What does that mean?
Me: That you guys are harsh.
Grace: But what does that mean?
Me: That you will be tough parents someday...tougher than me. I'd do a time out first.
Chloe: No way! GROUNDED!
Addi: GROUNDED!
Grace: GROUNDED!
Julia: (smiled and laughed the whole time)
Me: (laughing) Boy, your kids are in trouble.
**Here's the rest.**
Me: Wait, are you going to have kids?
Grace: I will, but I don't want to get married.
Me: OK. Addi, what about you? You don't want to get married either, right?
Addi: (1/2 smirking over the edge of her pizza)
Me: (smiling back) Oh, did you change your mind?
Addi: Maybe I want to now...maybe!
Chloe:(very eagerly exclaims) Someday when Gracie and I live together and get married we will have to adopt a baby.
(Julia and I laugh)
Grace: I don't want to marry you!
After a lot of laughter I explained the facts:
Sisters are not allowed to marry each other.
Chloe was totally confused. She didn't understand why.
Addi then asked if brothers and sisters could get married.
I explained again...It's against the law
Addi then asked "WHY?"
My explaination: The babies will have five eyes.
??????...For real, MOM?!
Me: No...But it would cause a lot of terrible problems that we, thankfully, don't have to worry about. If you know any brothers or sisters that want to get married tell them that it's a bad idea.
...and that was that.
A lovely lunch time conversation during our holiday weekend.
*1st Photo= Addison...three years ago.
*2nd Photo= Grace and Chloe...last September.
*3rd Photo= Addi and I...three years ago.
*4th Photo= Addison and Me...last night.
No comments:
Post a Comment