5 gems overheard in our house this week:
1. Nice try, buddy...but it didn't work.
Jude: I can't do this. I'm just a child.
Me: Who is smart.
Jude: I'm just pretending to be smart. I'm fake smart.
2. Some holidays deserve more respect:
Jude: I can't do schoolwork! It's Groundhog Day! It's a holiday!
Yes, he still had to do work.
3. Neal had back surgery about 10 days ago, and is recuperating mostly in bed because that's where he can get into a comfortable position. Overheard at dinnertime:
Me to Luke: Can you babysit the (cooking) hamburgers while I run a tray up to dad?
Damien: I'll babysit the potato chips!
4. I was trying to explain Social Security and the shortfall to Luke using examples a teen boy would understand:
Say everyone at the Warehouse pays into a kitty for birthday parties, and one person shops for cake. The guarantee is you get cake now on your birthday (the "disability-when-you-qualify" angle), plus if you retire, you still get cake for life ("retirement benefit"). Pop pays his $10/month for years, then retires. You still have to buy him cake (because you promised), but you're now short his $10 every month. How will you make it up? Buy him a cheaper cake, or everybody say, "OK, there are 6 of us still here, everybody chip in another 2 bucks."
5. Jude's been doing a lot of sensory seeking this week. He's been running in circles, and jumping on the mini-trampoline in the basement. For something different, I hooked up his net swing.
"It was a dark and stimmy night."
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I would babysit the potato chips too!
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