Bec: How’s the pepperoni pizza?
Bry: Marginal.
Bec: Really? What’s wrong?
Bry: I have no idea.
Bec: Maybe the turkey pepperoni.
Bry: Yeah, why do you buy that?
Bec: It’s like 70 percent less fat.
Bry: But it’s 100 percent more terrible.
Archive for the ‘Overheard’ Category
14 Jul
At the cabin
We left for vacation last Thursday, stopping halfway in Iowa. Before Ava fell asleep at the hotel that night, and she confided in me that she was feeling pretty burnt out.
“Mom,” she said, “Preschool is just driving me crazy. My teacher has me doing all these five-year-old dot-to-dots, and I am just . . . ugh!”
I suggested vacation was just what she needed, and fortunately, we arrived at Gramma and Grampa Great’s cabin the next day. I think it’s fair to say that Ava got the rest and relaxation she needed. In fact, we all did—maybe with the exception of the Grandparents Great!
26 Jun
Overheard: Anniversary edition
Ava, after watching our wedding video last night: Mom, can I please be at your next wedding?
23 Jun
Overheard
Ava: I really wish Aunt Katie could bring her kitty Sophie with her when she visits.
Mom: Really? Doesn’t Sophie bite?
Ava: No!
Mom: Oh, was I thinking of someone else? Dagny, maybe?
Ava: No, you were thinking of Olivia.
29 May
Overheard
Things I’m almost positive I’ve heard Olivia say in the last day and a half:
“I see the kitty!”
“Where’s Daddy?”
“I want to go outside.”
These all sound relatively reasonable, but I also think she said “What’s up?,” so I realize there’s a margin of error.
20 May
Overheard
Rebecca, to Olivia’s daycare provider Diane, upon examining Olivia’s first bee sting: “Oh my goodness–her finger is so swollen!”
Diane: “Actually the sting is on her other hand.”
Rebecca: “Wow, those are some chubby fingers you’ve got there, Liv.”
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For the record, no ill effects from the bee sting!
25 Apr
Overheard: Third baby debate
Bry: We could adopt…
Bec: I hadn’t considered that.
Bry: Yeah, we could adopt a 14 year old so we have a built in babysitter for the other two.
Bec: I think that’s indentured servitude.
Bry: No, think about it–it’s perfect. There must be so many teenagers in need of good homes.
Bec: Yeah, no.
14 Apr
Overheard
Ava, as we left Gramma Great’s house on Sunday: “Mom, I don’t feel well.”
Rebecca: “You’re not going to throw up, are you?!”
Ava: “No, it’s not my stomach. It’s my heart. It hurts because I will miss everyone so much.”
10 Apr
Overheard
Rebecca, upon answering what turned out to be a relatively important call while transporting the girls around town: “Hello, this is Momm—er, Rebecca.”
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