Category: kids
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Dangerously Grumpy
Later, when my son heard of this exchange, he told his sister: “That is very rude.” She responded immediately, with zero remorse, “She’s dangerously grumpy.” Like, “Yeah, so? I said what I said.”
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Mrs. Grinch
So there I was, minding my own business volunteering at an elementary school event, when my daughter walks by and decides to tease me. I was not even being grumpy at that time.
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Middle School Perks
I’m relieved that, so far, my middle schooler has said that it’s better than elementary school. Not clear on how much the food and the library are carrying the decision, but this was a conversation I overheard her having with her younger sibling.
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I’m Sure It’s Fine
While some of this dialog is made up, the pained scream followed by a shouted “I’m being gentle!” is a direct quote. As parents, we paused and listened for the sounds of crying or further screaming, but all was well.
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That’s A Great Aunt
Ah, the legacy continues of spoiling and/or teaching a younger generation (that is not your own offspring) to do something with real annoyance potential.
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Good Old Morning
Believe it or not, I recall being rather thankful when the kids would manage to throw up directly on me, because it was so much easier to change my clothes than bedding.
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Candy Crushed
I mean, as long as they don’t decide to deliver “trick” when they were offered “treat”. She tried.
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Not a Trick Question
So…English. Lots of the names for animals for when they’re alive and needing to be tended are Germanic: Cow, Pig, Sheep. But the words for when they’re prepared as food are Frankish: Beef, Pork, Lamb. Probably because at one point the Frankish conquerors were the upper-class eating the food raised by the lower-class Germanic folk….
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From Your Mother
To be clear, this is more about predisposition to symptoms – when it comes to passing on an illness in our house it’s almost always from kid to parent and not the other way around.
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Majestically
Whenever I hear the word “majestic” I think of Prince John in Disney’s Robin Hood agreeing with his fortune telling: “Handsome, regal, majestic, ha ha. Lovable, yes, yes. Cuddly. Oh, that’s me to a T. It truly is.”