Saturday, January 12, 2008

The best answer to everything

Owen was in the bath tonight pegging me with questions about the soap bottles in the bathtub. There are 3 of them they are red, green and white. Cherry, Strawberry Kiwi and Coconut, I believe. (the cherry is his favorite). But of course I was looking up a bunch of stuff on the lap top at the same time so i wasn't really listening.

"Mom, what does green and red make?"

"What about White and green,"

"What about red and yellow... Mom, MOM! why aren't you answering??"

"Oh sorry," i muttered. "um, yellow and red make orange." (still distracted)

"What about Red and Green, mom... hey, mom, what about red and green!"

"Uh, brown or purple maybe," I toss out pathetically.

Come on, think harder. You're are a mom," he says. "you're really smart."

And then i remembered all the times the kids ask me how i know something and i say, "I'm a mom, I know everything."

I guess it sunk in.

For the record, Red and Green make a pretty nasty brown. I checked with our sharp new crayolas.

Owen was in the bath tonight pegging me with questions about the soap bottles in the bathtub. There are 3 of them they are red, green and white. Cherry, Strawberry Kiwi and Coconut, I believe. (the cherry is his favorite). But of course I was looking up a bunch of stuff on the lap top at the same time so i wasn't really listening.

"Mom, what does green and red make?"

"What about White and green,"

"What about red and yellow... Mom, MOM! why aren't you answering??"

"Oh sorry," i muttered. "um, yellow and red make orange." (still distracted)

"What about Red and Green, mom... hey, mom, what about red and green!"

"Uh, brown or purple maybe," I toss out pathetically.

Come on, think harder. You're are a mom," he says. "you're really smart."

And then i remembered all the times the kids ask me how i know something and i say, "I'm a mom, I know everything."

I guess it sunk in.

For the record, Red and Green make a pretty nasty brown. I checked with our sharp new crayolas.

1 comment:

campblondie said...

Dang straight. Moms do know everything.