Little Miss Thing, age 6: “We haven’t be to Jiffy Treet in over a year. I keep track.”
Me: “I don’t think it’s been a year. How do you keep track?”
LMT: “I have a big sheet of paper.”
Me: “Can I see it?”
LMT: (pause) “OK, I don’t track it. But it does SEEM like a year.”
Dinner party. Food and drinks are free but the lines are long. So I’m sitting in a recliner and paying my kids $0.25 per trip to go get me drinks and little plates of appetizers. They are thrilled and keep squeeing, “Now I’m rich!” Best money I’ve ever spent.
Little Miss Thing, age 6: “Mom, can I run the world?”
My Wonderful Wife: “No, honey.”
LMT: “OK. I’ll run Mars.”
WW: “Sure thing, honey.”
Very Vocal Viking 