August 06, 2004

Nails on the Chalkboard

It is 6am. I'm awake, so is my ten year old, who we will hence forth name the Artist, as that is her chosen career.

Artist could not sleep last night; this is a bit of a problem lately, but not the issue of the post. The upshot was she was downstairs and dressed at a time everyone but me is usually snuggled deep into sleep.

I'm bopping about the kitchen making cholent (mainstay of Shabbat lunch in many Jewish homes) and she is standing by the refrigerator, door open and already my back begins to tingle.

"What can I eat?" she so innocnetly asks.

Argh! I hate that question! I don't know why but it drives me nuts, but it does. Sometimes I name off ideas, sometimes I say "I don't know what your body wants, you have to tell me that." but I always feel like answering "I'm not a resturant menu! "

So, are there any innocent kid questions that drive you up the wall?

Posted by Rachel Ann at August 6, 2004 05:08 AM
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My all time unfavorite statements or questions.
1) I'm hungry. What can I have?(How the heck am I supposed to know? Open a cabinet or the fridge!)
2) Do I have to wear my hair up today? I'd rather leave it down.(It's messy down. If we are going out it needs to go UP! If we are going to Nana's it definitely has to go up since she will tell me how much she hates it down!)
3)Are you finished with the computer?(Am I ever?)
4)Are we staying in all day?(If I am home it means it's either monday or friday my only days off.I would love to crawl into bed and stay there all day if I could. Probably I will do something fun with you as always so relax and quit bugging me!)

Posted by: Robin P at August 6, 2004 05:37 AM

Hah! Nice try, Rachel Ann. We all know that there are no innocent kid questions! ;-)

Posted by: Jim at August 6, 2004 10:22 AM

My personal favorite are the conversations that begin with "why" and "how," and something simple and cute, perhaps involving kittens and tuna salad, and eventually end up with volcanoes and robots. On Mars. With dinosaur bones. And cumulus clouds. Yet somehow you manage to get there with logic.

Absolute, all-time favorite: "Who would win in a fight, Mommy -- an amoeba or a nanobot?"

Posted by: Anne at August 6, 2004 11:27 AM

Well don't leave us all hanging, Anne, What's the answer?? (My vote is always with Mommy!)

Posted by: Robin P at August 6, 2004 09:49 PM