Chins
Overheard Annika talking to her girlfriend, “Bruh, Ms [redacted] has chins, like the 7 deadly chins!”
Heavy Load
Annika, why is your bath water blue?
I put one of those washing things in it.
A Tide Pod?! Get out.
Books
Annika: I read 5 chapters in “The War That Saved My Life.”
Me: Great! Must be a real page-turner.
Annika: How else are you gonna read a book?
DC
Driving through DC with the big kids on the way to a DC United game. I say, Guys, look around this is the nation’s capital. Maddie says, Wait. This is the capital of the whole United States?? Actually?? (Uh yeah, it’s the capital of the whole US.) WOW! She says.
Grandparents
Maddie: I just realized if we had cousins, grandma and grandpa would be their grandparents too. I don’t want that, no way I want to share them!
Cartoons
Annika was telling me about a cartoon called Don Quixote. Oh ya? I say, and go on to tell her about a “radio play” I did in 9th grade drama class where I played Sancho Panza, accent and all. She said, no Don Quixote is not a guy. He’s a donkey…DONKEY HODIE.
Sound of Music
Joseph says, “Dad is down there watching the sound of music. Unprompted! He’s singing along, ‘You are 17 going on 18…’ and Annika chimes in, ‘Actually, I’m thirty-five!’”
1/20/25
Facial Hair
I was asking Joseph questions about the appearances of his girlfriend’s family. “Does her dad have facial hair?”
J: “I mean, yeah, but he shaves it.”
10-05-24
Oceans
J (age 16): Which ocean is this?
Me: The Atlantic.
J: Oh yeah.
Time
Joseph (age 16): What time is “quarter to one?”
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