When Charlie was a baby I got in the habit of asking him rhetorical questions -- rhetorical in the sense that I would ask a question with no intention of actually getting an answer, such as "What do you want for dinner tonight?" Then without really waiting for (or expecting) an answer, I would continue blithely,"How about chicken nuggets?" with Charlie pretty much oblivious to the entire exchange. I've discovered recently that I can't do this anymore. Now the conversation goes like this:
ME: "What do you want for dinner tonight? How about--"
CHARLIE: "I want blue and purple cookies!"
ME: "Umm, blue and purple cookies...? We don't have blue and purple cookies -- how about spaghetti and meatballs?"
CHARLIE: "NO!! I WANT BLUE AND PURPLE COOKIES!!!!"
Happy Birthday Becca!!
6 years ago
2 comments:
in charlie's defense, blue and purple cookies do sound a lot better than spaghetti and meatballs.
hhhmmpff. He had to settle for a chocolate chip waffle after dinner because we had no cookies at all in the house, blue, purple or otherwise.
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