Breakfast

(**After a nice little spat with her brother)

Rachael: "I'm so mad at all of you! I'm going up to my room, and I'm NEVER coming back down!"

Me: "Want us to call you when breakfast is ready?"

Rachael: "Pancakes?"

Wife: "Yep."

Rachael: "Yes, please."

Mental pic

Madeline: "Dad, we're studying former Presidents... who's that funny-looking man next to former President Bush?"

Me: "That's Janet Reno, sweetheart."

Games people play

Me: "Rachael, I'm going to play a very fun game, and it involves your new Furby."

Rachael: "Really? What is it, Daddy?"

Me: "It's called 'Will it float?' and I promise it's a ton of fun."

Admit it, you've tried it.

Well, guess I answered the question of "does your pee freeze in this subzero cold" with a resounding "YES". 

(**My apologies to everyone on Hwy 322 at that very moment.)

Can't live with 'em... can't understand 'em.

Me: "Wow... one weather service says 15 inches in Boston, another says 24 inches."

Wife: "The one that said 24 is probably a man."

I know my place... again.

(**Madeline has a sleepover tonight here with buddies.)

Ryleigh: My mom always tells my brother and me "if you don't know what something means, don't say it at all". 

Wife: If that was the case, Erik would just sit in the corner and never say a word.

Fashionista?

(** Disclaimer - I am SERIOUSLY out-of-touch with modern fashion. I will admit it and move on. But, from time-to-time, I try.)

Clerk at Big-'n-Tall store: "So, you want a 'modern casual' look for this?"

Me: "Um, sure."

Clerk: "OK, let's start. What type of blazer would you like?"

Me: "Hmmm... Chevy?"