Sailing

The kid made a paper boat at daycare today, complete with her name on the hull. As I am putting it into her backpack she asks, "Can I take that in the tub?"

"Um, no. I don't think so."

"Why not?"

"It is made out of paper. It will fall apart. It needs to be made of something that won't sink."

"Of course! I forgot it has to be made of metal!"

Riding Dog Adventure

The kid comes to the end of the hall.

She hails me to get my attention.

"Guess where my riding dog is going?"

I looked. I laughed. "I don't know honey, but I know it is riding a zebra to get there."

"It's going to South America."

Who taught her about South America? Why South America? I think my head is about to explode.

"Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah ....."

My kid, making sounds as we drive down rutted snow-covered side streets. This is endlessly amusing to her, as she verbally vibrates her way home.

Debate

Yesterday morning, the kid informs me I need to make pancakes for her. This is the debate that followed.

"You need to make me some pancakes, please."

"What am I, the pancake maker?"

"Yes."

"What if I want to be the pancake eater?"

"I'm the pancake eater."

"But I want to be the pancake eater."

"You can't be."

"Why not?"

"You are the pancake maker. You need to make the pancakes now."

I cannot argue with that logic. I lose every time.

Albert and Mary are the parents of my good friend Jim, and have been married for well over thirty years. Amadea loves both of them very much, and enjoys spending time with them. She often sees Albert at the hockey games she and Jim attend. Mary, she sees less often. (The funny thing is, she thinks of Albert and Mary's home as Mary's house.)

Jim's dad, in his seventies, shaves his head, and has false teeth. The other evening at the hockey game, Amadea informed Jim of the following :

Jim, when Albert goes over to Mary's house, he has no hair and no teeth.