Little Miss Thing, age 7: “When does school start again?”
Me: “A few weeks. Not long now.”
LMT: “Good!”
Me: “Good? Are you getting excited about starting up 3rd grade? It’s a very important time in your…”
LMT: “No, I’m excited about back to school shopping!”
Me: …
Little Miss Thing, age 7: “I need to sleep with you tonight.”
Wonderful Wife: “No, back to your bed.”
LMT: “But I don’t sleep well in my bed!”
WW: “Just this morning I asked you how you slept, and you said OK.”
LMT: “Yeah, only OK. That just means I didn’t die.”
(driving)
(kids yelling)
(much yelling)
(so much yelling)
Me: “Kids! Too loud! That’s enough. No more yelling in the car. Never yell in the car.”
Little Miss Thing, age 7: “No yelling… ever?”
Me: “The only thing you’re allowed to yell is, ‘DAD IS COOL’.”
(long pause)
Danger Monkey, age 10: “In other words, no yelling.”
Me: (glaring in rearview mirror)
Very Vocal Viking 