Monday, November 17, 2014

What's wrong with this picture?


Hint:  This was taken at approximately 1 p.m. on a weekday.
Hint:  (this will make the answer obvious) -- School was cancelled because of the weather.

So, right!  Where's the "snow" for the Snow Day?  All the "icy" conditions that prevented school functioning, didn't prevent these boys from having a good time outside.  Which is what is right about that picture.  Talmage is in shorts, actually, and Davy resented the fact that his mom insisted he wear jeans that day.  It was 39 degrees, after all.  I asked Talmage what they were doing outside and he nonchalantly explained how they were pretending to climb Mt. Everest and the empty chicken coop was base camp.  The girls stayed inside and played dress ups and "Who wants to marry me?"

(above photo was taken the next day; but they were playing the same game).

Below is overheard dialogue, typed in real time:


Sonya:  The reason two moms have a baby is because they steal it.

Talmage: [indignantly] No!

Sonya:  That's what my mom told me.

Davy:  Well, sometimes parents and teachers can be wrong.

Argument ensues about age and it's relative influence on intelligence.

Sonya [to me]:  How old is Davy?

Me:  9.

Davy:  I'm 91 million.

Sonya [coming to terms with Davy's opinion about adults, asks Sydney]:  Is that true?

Sydney [in her "no duh" voice]:  He's just nine, Sonya.

Clara:  Who wants to marry me?

1 comment:

hkartch said...

I want to play with the boys (although it's tough to turn down a proposal from a princess with a unicorn)