Odd Piñata

Me: “Let’s have eggs for dinner.”

Danger Monkey, age 10: “Yes! And refried beans. And hot sauce!”

Little Miss Thing, age 7: “I don’t like refried beans.”

Me: “OK, no refried beans.”

DM: “I call dibs on your refried beans.”

Me: “You can’t have hers. We’ll just make something else.”

DM: “But I called dibs on your beans.”

Me: “I’m going to dibs you upside the dibs.”

DM: “I called dibs on your dibs ad infin-AH-tum.”

(long pause)

Me: “That phrase is ‘ad infinitum’, and since when are you slinging Latin phrases at me?”

LMT: “It sounded like Odd Piñata to me.”

Me: “No, it’s ad infinitum, and it means something lasts forever.”

(long pause)

LMT: “Can I still have an Odd Piñata?”

Don’t Peak Too Early

Danger Monkey, age 8: “Why is chili called chilly when it’s actually hot?”

Me: “The name comes from the chili peppers in the recipe.”

Little Miss Thing, age 5: “I knew that.”

Me: “The name Chili actually comes from chili con carne, which is Spanish and means ‘chilies with meat.'”

LMT: “I knew that.”

Me: “Carne means meat in Spanish, which came from Latin, which is also why meat eaters are called… carnivores.”

DM: “Cool.”

LMT: “I already knew that.”

DM: “You don’t know everything.”

LMT: “Yes I do. I’m in KINDERGARTEN.”