on second thought....
On the way home from class last night, I picked up a few groceries and, once home, gathered the boys in the kitchen. Present were Sam, Kyle, Justin, Luke and I.
Me: When did the dogs get walked last? Who's gonna walk the dogs?
Justin: I'll do that.
Me: Ok. Kyle, you've got green peppers and Sam, you've got onion.
Sam: What?
Me: Here. Onion; chop in smallish pieces.
Kyle: (searching drawer for knife) Do you want this chopped or minced?
Me: I think I love you, now. Your choice, you're eating it.
Kyle: Minced it is.
Me: Aarg! Sam! You've got to take the peel off before you start hacking at the onion.
Sam: Ah! Ah! My eyes!
Me: Don't rub! Good grief. Give me that knife. Brown the hamburger.
Luke: (dancing) Spaghetti! Spaghetti! Spaghetti! (stops dancing) Mom! Can we paint my room tonight?
Me: Sweat heart, it's 9 o'clock. No. No painting tonight.
Justin: (comes in sniffing, surrounded my dogs, who are also sniffing) What are we making?
Me: Spaghetti. For tomorrow.
Luke: When are we going to put up my loft?
Me: Probably not until Daddy comes home, Lukey. In two weeks.
Luke: Will it have a ladder?
Me: Yep. And I was thinking -- would you like a pole to slide down from?
Luke: (eyes big, smiling) ::nods::
Me: I was thinking about a pole. (to Sam) It'd be cool if we could bring it through the floor, eh? Have it come out into the library?
Justin: What! ::waves hands:: Wait! Wait! Through the floor? You can do that?
Me: Why not?
Justin: How could you do that?
Me: Remember when we cut those warped floor boards out, from when Carl's water bed leaked? What was under that?
Justin: More boards.
Me: Yep. You'd have to go between the joists ... Keep cutting until you come to air...
Justin: (stunned) Wait! You mean, you can.... you can just cut a hole....
Me: Well, within reason. I mean, you don't want to lose structural integrity or have odd holes that guests might fall though.
Kyle: (pauses, eyes dreamy) Oh. That's so cool.
Me: Um. Yeah. (brain starts screaming pull up! pullup!) So .... Sam! Wash that pot and fill it with water for the noodles. Here, Justin, open this jar, eh? Kyle, do the cats have food....
Me: When did the dogs get walked last? Who's gonna walk the dogs?
Justin: I'll do that.
Me: Ok. Kyle, you've got green peppers and Sam, you've got onion.
Sam: What?
Me: Here. Onion; chop in smallish pieces.
Kyle: (searching drawer for knife) Do you want this chopped or minced?
Me: I think I love you, now. Your choice, you're eating it.
Kyle: Minced it is.
Me: Aarg! Sam! You've got to take the peel off before you start hacking at the onion.
Sam: Ah! Ah! My eyes!
Me: Don't rub! Good grief. Give me that knife. Brown the hamburger.
Luke: (dancing) Spaghetti! Spaghetti! Spaghetti! (stops dancing) Mom! Can we paint my room tonight?
Me: Sweat heart, it's 9 o'clock. No. No painting tonight.
Justin: (comes in sniffing, surrounded my dogs, who are also sniffing) What are we making?
Me: Spaghetti. For tomorrow.
Luke: When are we going to put up my loft?
Me: Probably not until Daddy comes home, Lukey. In two weeks.
Luke: Will it have a ladder?
Me: Yep. And I was thinking -- would you like a pole to slide down from?
Luke: (eyes big, smiling) ::nods::
Me: I was thinking about a pole. (to Sam) It'd be cool if we could bring it through the floor, eh? Have it come out into the library?
Justin: What! ::waves hands:: Wait! Wait! Through the floor? You can do that?
Me: Why not?
Justin: How could you do that?
Me: Remember when we cut those warped floor boards out, from when Carl's water bed leaked? What was under that?
Justin: More boards.
Me: Yep. You'd have to go between the joists ... Keep cutting until you come to air...
Justin: (stunned) Wait! You mean, you can.... you can just cut a hole....
Me: Well, within reason. I mean, you don't want to lose structural integrity or have odd holes that guests might fall though.
Kyle: (pauses, eyes dreamy) Oh. That's so cool.
Me: Um. Yeah. (brain starts screaming pull up! pullup!) So .... Sam! Wash that pot and fill it with water for the noodles. Here, Justin, open this jar, eh? Kyle, do the cats have food....