Danger Monkey, age 4: “When I’m a grownup, I won’t work. I’ll just stay home and play with my kids.”
Me: “Really? If you don’t have a job, where will you get food?”
Danger Monkey: “The kitchen.”
Danger Monkey, age 4: “When I’m a grownup, I won’t work. I’ll just stay home and play with my kids.”
Me: “Really? If you don’t have a job, where will you get food?”
Danger Monkey: “The kitchen.”
We call the boy Danger Monkey. Because… it just fits. And he loves it.
DM (age 3 1/2): “When I’m grown up, I will live with someone else who does not have a baby.”
[Editor: Yeah, I hear ya, buddy. I hear ya.]
DM (age 3 1/2): “Things are different now that I’m halfway grown up.”
[Editor: Good luck with that.]
Danger Monkey, age 3: “We’ve never been here before.”
Me: “Actually, I’ve been here several times.”
DM: “When?”
Me: “A long time ago.”
DM: “When the dinosaurs were alive?”