After a rather hectic day yesterday, I came home to what I affectionately refer to as the second shift. The girls were in rare form, and despite the fact I was obviously on the phone, they barraged me with questions and requests. My favorite was this exchange with Olivia:
Olivia: “Mom. Mom. MOMMY. MOM. Mom. Mooooooom.”
Me: “What?”
Olivia: “What is that?”
Me: “It’s a bug, Liv. I’m on the phone.”
Olivia: “Why is it a bug?”
Me: “What?”
Olivia: “WHY IS IT A BUG? Why, Mom, why? Why is it a bug? Why?!”
Me: “Wha…I don’t…it’s just a bug. Seriously, phone…”
Olivia: “But, Mama, WHY is it a BUG! WHY!
As I relayed this to Bryan later, I was hoping he’d commiserate about about the exasperating nature of the question. Instead, he responded:
“It’s a bug because it has six legs. And an exoskeleton.”
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Posted by Karyl on April 6, 2011 at 5:08 pm
That is just so funny!
Posted by Laura on April 6, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Ha! I love Bryan.
Posted by Nicky on April 7, 2011 at 4:16 pm
It’s not “despite being on the phone” it’s “because I was on the phone.” I swear, they get crazy as soon as they see a phone to my ear. Oh, and Bryan is such a scientist 🙂 Colin asks, “What is the sun?” And Patrick responds in song (from They Might Be Giants),
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace.
Where Hydrogen is built into Helium
At the temperature of millions of degrees.
The sun is hot the sun is not
A place where we could live.
But here on Earth there’d be no life
Without the light it gives!
Posted by Jessica on April 8, 2011 at 3:10 pm
Bryan is hilarious! He is such a perfect foil for you!
Posted by Rebecca on April 8, 2011 at 3:12 pm
I love that song, Nicky!
Posted by Liana on April 9, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Bryan is right. 😉
It is an answer to Liv’s question. Do you think that’s what she meant?