…we’re tweaking graphics. Sit tight.
Good for us she’s really smart and talented. This guy helped too.
Anyway, if it’s wonky for a few hours, nevermind us and move along.
…since I’m feeling spunky…
I think I’ll tell you what happened at dinner tonight, only because we’ve been talking about my daughter’s new toy.
My mother called us during dinner. This is nothing new, my mother calls at least three times a day. She asked what we were eating. She asked what the kids were doing at school this week.
So while scarfing down my crab cakes and caesar salad, I told her that this was the kids’ last week of preschool before break and on Friday their holiday-laced preschool lives would culminate in a celebration of Baby Jesus’ birthday. No, really. They do a birthday party for Jesus (as I learned a few years back) as this is the easiest way for the kids’ to understand the meaning of Christmas and it’s complete with a cake and everything.
So, before you start in on me: yes, I did send my kids to a Christian preschool. Mainly because it’s a really good preschool and they are pretty God “light” so we assumed anything they got out of it could easily be tamed at home.
Back to dinner. And the phone call.
Just as the words “baby jesus birthday” fly out of my mouth my 4.5 year old yells “BUT HE’S NOT REAL!”
To which, my always thinking husband GAFFFAWWWFS at very loudly. A very Santa BELLY laugh which has the kid grinning from ear-to-ear and me giggling because it was so crazyily inappropriate and everyone at the table was now laughing.
Yes, my son exclaims that Jesus is NOT real and we all cackle.
My confused mother on speaker phone is going “what? who’s not real? what? what did he say?” and we’re giggling too loudly to hear her.
The Kaiser then tells Count Waffles that is the BEST joke he’s ever told and HIGH FIVE! To which I reply…woah, but that is NOT a joke we’re going to tell at school, ok? They won’t think that’s funny at school. In fact, a lot of people won’t think it’s funny that you don’t think Jesus is real.
To which my smartass kid says “but he’s NOT real.”
To which my husband high fives him again.
To which I roll my eyes and tell my Mom we have to go.
So yeah, go ahead and be offended. This time though, yell at the Kaiser, not me.
p.s. Yes, I’m fully expecting a note home from preschool after Friday’s party.
Typical conversation between Queen and Kaiser:
[14:19] JackandHalasMom: red moon tonight
[14:19] AaronatD2: does that mean you want a spanking?
[14:20] AaronatD2: is that code or something?
[14:20] JackandHalasMom: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2007Aug28/TLE2007Aug28.html
[14:21] AaronatD2: You know, according to Jesus the moon will turn red when he comes back to defeat George Bush..er…the Antichrist.
[14:21] JackandHalasMom: cool
[14:22] JackandHalasMom: let the apocalypse begin!
[14:22] JackandHalasMom: do you think, you know if the end starts, we’d still have to pay bills
[14:22] JackandHalasMom: or would it be a free for all?
[14:22] AaronatD2: Yeah, we’ll just tell the power company we were raptured.
[14:23] JackandHalasMom: hard to live in a house and not pay the mortgage. I mean, we can CLAIM rapture..but we’d still be using it
[14:23] AaronatD2: right.
[14:24] JackandHalasMom: we have to hope for a major destruction of financial institution, ie the moneychangers
[14:24] AaronatD2: I think Jesus will take them out.
[14:24] AaronatD2: He’s done it before.
[14:24] AaronatD2: and he was only 12 then.
[14:24] AaronatD2: And hadn’t come to realize his full power.
[14:24] JackandHalasMom: lol,kinda like a death star unfinished kinda thing
[14:25] AaronatD2: exactly.
[14:25] JackandHalasMom: that’s fine. so long as I don’t have to pay any bills
I realize we are coming up on Mother’s Day, not Father’s Day. And I also realize I spent several paragraphs back there swearing about my son…but…
