Last night, it started raining as Clementine was getting out of the shower. Elise offered to whisk everyone into the clothes in their pajamas and come pick me up at the Metro station.
"How will we know which one is Daddy?" Someone asked.
"He's the one wearing a black suit," responded Peter helpfully.
"Everyone is wearing a black suit," Elise gently reminded him.
"He's the one with grey hair," Peter added, nonplussed.
"Everyone has grey hair."
"He's the nice one."
Thanks, Petey. :)
"How can you tell just by looking someone if they're nice?" Elise asked.
Peter thought about that for a moment, then said, "He's the one who walks like one of those giant hamster things."
"Giant hamster? You mean a capybara? Like in Brazil?"
"Yeah...he walks like a capybara."
Gee, thanks, Petey.
Whenever I approach the car when they pick me up from the Metro, I ask, "Are you my Uber?" Because people all over the city walk up to random cars wondering if it's their Uber ride. Unlike taxi cabs, Uber cars are mostly unmarked. Some may have tiny window stickers with Uber's 'U' logo on it, but mostly just about any kind of car could or could not be an Uber.
When we got home, it was straight to the shower for Sam who had yet to take one, and straight to bed for Peter and Clementine who then proceeded to have simultaneous meltdowns, exhaustion setting in.
Clementine was complaining of an imaginary ache in her ankle. Sometimes, I use 'magic' lotion on her imaginary aches and pains. Elise offered an especially healing-smelling, lemon verbena-scented roll-on antiperspirant. I rubbed it on Clementine's ankle, whereupon she added mild complaints on the thigh and behind the knee of her other leg.
Peter told me he was "having bad thoughts."
I put my thumb between his eyebrows, then pressed lightly on his forehead. "This is your pre-frontal cortex," I told him. "It's where the good thoughts are stored: going to the beach, playing in the ocean, building sand forts, eating ice cream, watching cartoons, trading Pokemon cards, playing soccer. When you apply pressure to the pre-frontal cortex, it releases the good thoughts into the rest of the brain."
I rubbed my thumb from his forehead to his hairline, spreading the good thoughts around. "There. Now all the good thoughts are in your head. Better?"
He nodded and closed his eyes and went to sleep.
"How will we know which one is Daddy?" Someone asked.
"He's the one wearing a black suit," responded Peter helpfully.
"Everyone is wearing a black suit," Elise gently reminded him.
"He's the one with grey hair," Peter added, nonplussed.
"Everyone has grey hair."
"He's the nice one."
Thanks, Petey. :)
"How can you tell just by looking someone if they're nice?" Elise asked.
Peter thought about that for a moment, then said, "He's the one who walks like one of those giant hamster things."
"Giant hamster? You mean a capybara? Like in Brazil?"
"Yeah...he walks like a capybara."
Gee, thanks, Petey.
Whenever I approach the car when they pick me up from the Metro, I ask, "Are you my Uber?" Because people all over the city walk up to random cars wondering if it's their Uber ride. Unlike taxi cabs, Uber cars are mostly unmarked. Some may have tiny window stickers with Uber's 'U' logo on it, but mostly just about any kind of car could or could not be an Uber.
When we got home, it was straight to the shower for Sam who had yet to take one, and straight to bed for Peter and Clementine who then proceeded to have simultaneous meltdowns, exhaustion setting in.
Clementine was complaining of an imaginary ache in her ankle. Sometimes, I use 'magic' lotion on her imaginary aches and pains. Elise offered an especially healing-smelling, lemon verbena-scented roll-on antiperspirant. I rubbed it on Clementine's ankle, whereupon she added mild complaints on the thigh and behind the knee of her other leg.
Peter told me he was "having bad thoughts."
I put my thumb between his eyebrows, then pressed lightly on his forehead. "This is your pre-frontal cortex," I told him. "It's where the good thoughts are stored: going to the beach, playing in the ocean, building sand forts, eating ice cream, watching cartoons, trading Pokemon cards, playing soccer. When you apply pressure to the pre-frontal cortex, it releases the good thoughts into the rest of the brain."
I rubbed my thumb from his forehead to his hairline, spreading the good thoughts around. "There. Now all the good thoughts are in your head. Better?"
He nodded and closed his eyes and went to sleep.
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