Monday, January 02, 2006

Two old conversations

for which no photos were appropriate.

1. Are you reading the newspaper?
I'm done.
You're already done? What'd it say.
[Reading] I have to wait ... for Mommy to finish pumping ... and then I'm gonna make ... blueberry muffins ... with her ... Cal Buster Paris-Kaufman.

2. What were you doing, Daddy?
I was just talking to Jack.
Jack the neighbor?
Yeah. He's our next-door neighbor. He's a very nice man.
He's a man and also he's a boy.
Well, he's a grown-up boy, so he's a man. He's a grandpa. You don't get to be a grandpa if you're still a boy.
Yeah, and also, I'm a grandpa. No, actually, I'm a daddy.
Whose daddy are you?
I'm your daddy, and also I'm Teddy Bear's daddy.
Oh, that's right. You're probably Snip's daddy too.
Yeah.
What do daddies do? What do you have to do for your kids when you're a daddy?
Love them.

Note: [sniff!]