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Parenting is hard, episode 3,417
The Boy (10): “Have you ever considered having another kid? Like giving me a brother?”
Me: “Well, yeah, we thought about it. Why do you ask?”
The Boy: “I’ve been thinking about that a lot today.”
Me: “Why have you been thinking about that a lot today?”
The Boy: “Because it turns out that it’s illegal to own a boxing kangaroo.”
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“Hey! I recognize that from Schroeder. But I know it’s really Beethoven.” ——The Boy (who will be 7 at the end of the month) upon hearing the opening notes of Für Elise at a concert Friday night.
Who says TV isn’t educational ;-?
Random factoid: this the first piece of classical music that I ever knew the name of, which I learned from a TV commercial for one of those “Time Life Collections” where they had the names of the songs playing as the name scrolled past on the screen.
I think I first heard it on Bugs Bunny.
Listen: Last.fm
Watch: YouTube
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Miscommunication: A Play in One Act
- (Overheard) The Boy, to His Mother: THAT'S NOT FAIR!
- Me: What's wrong?
- The Boy: [His friend] won't get off [The Boy's] swing-set!
- Me: Does the swing-set live at our house?
- The Boy: Yes...
- Me: Does he have a swing-set at his house?
- The Boy: No...
- Me, having clearly drawn Point A and Point B: So, you can play on your swing-set anytime, OK?
- The Boy: OK
- (Overheard) The Boy, to His Friend: My Dad said I can swing WHENEVER I WANT (with the tone of: SO GET OFF, BECAUSE I WANT TO SWING RIGHT NOW!)
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We're not those people... are we?
- Me: Iron Man is showing at 12:30
- Her: Cool, we could make that.
- Me: Or 12, but I don't think we'd make that... first show is at 11:30, which we definitely wouldn't make
- Her: We could if we took The Boy out of preschool early.
- Both: (pause)
- Me: Nah, let's just go to the 12:30
- Her: OK
- Me: But I like your thinking.
