Me: “Have you eaten anything other than funnel cake today?” Girl Teen: “I just finished eating some baked beans.” Me: “Beans?” Girl teen: “Bush’s beans. I didn’t think I could buy them in New York, so I hid a can in my luggage.” Me: “The luggage we shipped so you could travel to school on […]
Me: “How are you doing with your summer reading assignments?” Noah: “I’m really enjoying The Prince.” Me: “In what way?” Noah: “The characters in The Prince are also in Assassin’s Creed. That’s pretty cool.” Me:
He: “Did you hear there’s only one Beatle left?” Me: “There are two Beatles alive.” He: “Nuh-uh. George Harrison died.” Me: “Yes he did, but there are still two Beatles alive.” He: “Wow. They must be really old.”
girl teen: “Google it.” boy teen: “My teacher says Yahoo is better.” girl teen: “It’s 2011. Use Google.”
I changed my mind. It started when Sarah drove to Nashville with a friend for portfolio day. She came home with an enthusiasm and excitement about college which forced me to accept that she is ready. A realization that I had been ignoring despite the quiet cheering for Sarah from the allies she doesn’t know […]
“What grade is your child’s class?” “Which child?” “What grade is the class you are making treat bags for with this candy?” “Oh. Actually, I’m making treat bags for my children.” “Well … aren’t your children lucky.” Our family has a lot of fun with Halloween. So much fun that I can see how being […]
Boy teen and girl teen are going on Fall Break outings. Boy teen is making the ever popular ‘marching band goes to Disney World’ trip from Wednesday until Sunday. Girl teen is going to middle TN with a friend to tour a college, roam Nashville with other teens and experience the joy/pain of Portfolio Day. […]
The household mailbox has become the girl teen’s mailbox. For the past few months, the percent of mail for her has dramatically increased while the amount for the household accountant has remained constant. Every day brings new brochures, catalogs and letters from colleges that are eager to have her as a student. While it is […]
Nurse: “What grade will you be in next year?” Noah: “Tenth.” Me: “You’ve only been in school a week. I think she wants to know about THIS year’s grade.” Noah: “She asked about NEXT year.” Noah: “Dad? Mom just texted me asking where we are.” Doug: “So tell her.” Noah: “What do I tell her?” […]
It is school picture time again. Freshmen pictures had to be pre-ordered and paid for sight unseen. Unbeknown to me, the high school freshman made a last minute change to his wardrobe and chose the same color shirt as the color I specified for a background. His picture will look like a weatherman in a […]