A Father's Conversations With His Daughters
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5-year-old: Can I have tape?
Me: What do you need to tape?
5: Not my hair back on.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^11-year-old: I'm having trouble with my math homework.
Me: How can I help?
11: Get Mom.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^7-year-old: Can you whistle?
Me: No.
7: And Mom married you anyway?
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^7-year-old: I feel sorry for horses.
Me: Why?
7: They can never ride horses.
The eternal curse.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^9-year-old: gets ready for an elementary school fun run
Me: My goals for you are to run the whole way and not cry.
9: I have to do both?
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^Me: finishes all the leftover food on everybody else's plates
9-year-old: Wow.
Me: What?
9: We don't even need a trash can when we have you.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^My 5-year-old walked by and muttered, "I KNEW Old McDonald had a farm."
I'm not sure what conspiracy theory she just debunked, but I'm glad she discovered the truth.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^5-year-old: Do I have school tomorrow?
Me: Yes.
5: Are you sure they won't forget?
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^7-year-old: Can we go trick or treating now?
Me: It hasn't started yet.
7: I know. We'll catch them by surprise.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^5-year-old: Can I have soda for breakfast?
Me: No.
5: But I have a good reason.
Me: What reason?
5: I want it really bad.
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I love these. We have much the same conversations as adults, but we're typically less honest.
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