Me: “This is Van Halen’s song, ‘1984’. But I’ll warn you, this song is from their crazy synthesizer phase.”
My Oldest, age 13: “You mean the eighties?”
Me: “This is Van Halen’s song, ‘1984’. But I’ll warn you, this song is from their crazy synthesizer phase.”
My Oldest, age 13: “You mean the eighties?”
Parenting Tip #62:
If a four year old volunteers to go to bed at 6:30 pm… you let that child go to bed.
Also, check their temperature and might as well start making alternate child care plans for tomorrow.
And, word to the wise — don’t wear your good pajamas to bed because the likelihood that Patient Zero is going to crawl into your bed in the night to then puke on you is about 50/50.
One hour delay this morning so the boy decides to do some homework to “get it out of the way.” Where does he get that? Oh, right… His mother. Definitely not me.