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Thursday, June 9, 2011
The Workout
With my days of packing only a towel and a sandwich for a day at the beach well behind me, I was dragging a cart loaded to the top with an umbrella, cooler, beach bag and a myriad of sand toys. As we were leaving to go home, Katie and I had to walk through a football toss between two young guys playing by the ramp. Seeing the huge load I was pulling, one of the guys commented, "That's quite a workout, huh?" Before I could open my mouth to reply, Katie, holding only her Cinderella pail, answered, "Oh yes. I have a LOT of shells in here." (6/9/11)
Monday, June 6, 2011
The White Man
Danny, who is quite the literal kid, watched The Simpsons movie and asked me, "Why does Mr. Burns say, 'for once, the rich white man is in control.'?" After trying to explain the irony of the joke with a brief history lesson, he gave me a confused look and said, "But I still don't get why he said white man. Mr. Burns is yellow." (2/15/11)
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
The "I Love You" Responses
While driving the kids home from school I looked in my rearview mirror and was overcome with emotion. I said, "I love you guys so much!" In response to my outpouring of love, Danny said, "Thanks." Katie said, "I know." And James said, "Wait. Why are you telling us this right now?" (6/1/11)
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