Proud Papa
Friday night, after dinner, the boy told me and the wife that he wanted to go to Home Depot. One might wonder, as the wife did, why a two year old - with no job and who is not particularly handy around the house - would want to go to Home Depot. Me? I didn't care why. My son wanted to go to Home Depot. Not since the day he was born have I thought an event was so worthy of a scrapbook page.
Before we went to Home Depot, we went to the shoe store, as he's growing out of his current sneakers. After trying on two or three pairs, he started to lose his patience. Using my stern dad voice, I told him, "Sit still or else we're not going to Home Depot." The lady from the store who was helping us, who I didn't realize was still standing behind me, started laughing hysterically. I didn't bother trying to explain that it was his idea to go there. (We did end up going to Home Depot, it turns out that he wanted to look at ceiling fans... ?!?!?)
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Saturday morning, after breakfast, he told me that he wanted to go to the Apple Store. I almost wet my pants.
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Saturday afternoon, he told me that he was going to go to work and fix computers, "like daddy." This was like two-for-one, because not only does he want to do something like daddy, but I've been waiting for two years for him to get a job.
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I have this annoying habit where I'll randomly repeat part of something you just said and add "dot com" at the end. If I'm feeling particularly saucy, I'll switch it up and add "dot org" or "dot us" at the end instead. I'd give you an example, but really, it's not worth it. Anyway, as I was giving the boy breakfast, the following conversation happened:
Boy - I want more milk.
Me - Then you should try asking for it.
Boy - Daddy, I want more milk, please.
Me - Close enough. (I get up and get his cup of milk.) Here you go, more milk.
Boy - More milk dot com. Thank you, daddy.
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Sorry to bore you with these incongruous stories about the boy, but it was such a good Dad weekend, I felt that I should jot these things down and archive them. If nothing else, I can refer to them in the event that, 14 years from now, he comes home and tells me he got a girl pregnant or something.
Comments
Syar said:
I think moremilk.com will be the next big phenomenon to replace Mo' Cowbell!
The Boy is a genius.
Nadia said:
I know several people for whom ceiling fans consistently provide hours upon hours of thriling entertainment.
A number of them are now serving time for possession, but I don't think that's at all related.
elasticwaistbandlady said:
My son had one sentence mastered by the time he was 2 years old.
"Hey, Pull My Finger!"
That was the crowning moment of my motherhood right there.
Maybe you could teach that to your boy. "Pull My Finger.dot.com"
Tori :) said:
Did he find a particular ceiling fan he liked, or did y'all leave empty handed?
2 years is a long time to wait for him to get a job. Nice of him to step up dot com.
Millie said:
"Dad, I got a girl pregnant.com"
You know that's all you're going to hear today. :)
I heard you do Mad Libs too. Did I miss out?
I said:
I sure do, Millie. I'm a MadLib lover (in an appropriate kind of way). In my last site redesign, I neglected to include a site category listing, so there's no easy way for you to get to the full MadLib list without asking, which you sort of did. So here you go!
MadLibs Archive
Millie said:
Oh, yay!! :) Thanks, Omar.
cadiz12 said:
omg, millie totally beat me to the comment i was going to make!
No Cool Story said:
Awww, sweet :) A 2 year old who want to go to the Apple store is my kind of guy. Did your wife also melt when she heard this?
When Fisrtborn was 5 he believed that when he grew up his brown eyes would turn blue like his dad's.
Syar: What about Mo' Cowbell dot com? There's surely a place for both.
Jon said:
Just wait until he's in middle school... then he's going to demand a PC and want to go to (is Cadiz looking? don't tell her I said this...) the fabric store... Don't worry though, all kids go through their rebellious stages... or so I hear...
Rhonda said:
I had such a different parenting experience this weekend...poo flinging isn't quite as gratifying.
Lia said:
What an awesome weekend. The boy is practical, but with class. Truly the crowning moments in a parent's life.
Cate said:
That kid is like superCUTE dot com. Seriously.
jasmine said:
and for some reason i kept thinking, "oh, whenever someone says his name he must say, 'omarphilliips.net'"
boy is hilarious so he's obv taking after you a bit. let's just hope he's not so OCD about the lawn. and voles.
Silandara said:
Those are moments to rightly make you proud, Omar.
Our boy likes to tell us when his sister is pooping.
cadiz12 said:
what have you got against the fabric store, jon? that it will suck you into its vortex and steal all your money in exchange for goods that will swallow up all the space in your home?
what's wrong with that?
Syar said:
Oh no, I got the order wrong. I went to Jon's, THEN I came here. Should I go back now? But that would mean I'd be doubling my attentions on Jon's blog and halving yours!
This new recommendation tests my loyalties.
Radioactive Jam said:
What did he want from the Apple Store? Not that it matters; the wanting to go is enough, but still. Just, you know. Curious.
I said:
He wanted to play the games they have loaded on the eMacs on kid-sized tables in the store. Sad story about that, though. We got to the mall where the Apple store is, and they were CLOSED for renovation. I think we both cried a little bit.
Radioactive Jam said:
That *is* sad. I feel your pain.
glo said:
Spooky how often they pay attention. Enjoy it - selective listening sets in around age 3 and they never hear your voice again until they have their own children. Or so my mom claims. I don't know. I still can't hear her.