early saturday, i picked up emma from another sleep-over. seems like they are the weekend norm these days. she tells me they actually sleep. but i find that pretty hard to believe.
anyway... as we drove away from her friend's home, i noticed a weird morning smell coming from the blob sitting next to me, clutching its pillow.
"did you have popcorn this morning for breakfast?"
"no." she replied. "captain crunch."
"oh."
then came the haunting statement.
"i love spending the night at friends, because i get to eat cereal that you & mom won't allow in the house."
internally i argued, "hey! we put those little boxes of cocoa puffs & sugar crisp in your stockings every christmas!" but i knew she had a point. it's not that we don't allow bad stuff in the house. it's just that we like to steer the kids to healthier alternatives.
i remember when the kids were little... and a friend was watching them for the afternoon. beth got a phone call asking, "we're just having a little afternoon snack over here... and jenn & ian are telling me they've never had oreo's before. is that true?" and when beth verified their statement, our friend said, "that's just un-american!"
anyway...
i said to emms in the car, "i guess you can be thankful that G*D gave you parents who care about you eating healthy... ...and thankful that you have friends whose parents don't!"
she agreed.
then she said, "yeah, at least you're not as bad as sara's parents." "whenever the ice cream truck came down their street, they told her it was just a music truck."
i think we both laughed the rest of the way home.
i guess i'm not such a bad parent after all.
Never had Oreos? That IS almost un-American! :) Our grand kids would think we were abusing them if they didn't get Oreos at our house!
I did chuckle at your conversation with Emma.
Posted by: Sandie | June 04, 2008 at 10:20 AM
I like the family posts, you guys are hilarious.
Becky and I got the Panera Card yesterday. WOW were we touched by your families thoughtfulness for us, especially Becky! I'm not sure what your e-mail is at the moment, so im just thanking you all here.
Posted by: Tim Maynard | June 04, 2008 at 11:03 AM
A five year old recently informed me that, according to her mom, the ice cream truck plays music to let everyone know they are out of ice cream.
Posted by: Judy | June 04, 2008 at 07:10 PM
wow... that's cruel.
Posted by: randy | June 05, 2008 at 02:25 PM
Yea, but you would have laughed, too, if you had been at the dinner table. :)
Posted by: Judy | June 05, 2008 at 05:59 PM