A Snippet of Conversation from Dinner Last Night

[pegkerr]

At dinner each night, we go around the table, and everyone says what was the best thing about the day. When her turn came, Fiona said:

"I read some awesome books, and I got all my chores done--"

"--although it took some serious nagging," Rob put in wryly.

Fiona looked mildly offended. "Hey, it only took a little bit of nagging. Not a serious amount."

I snickered. "Darling, determining what constitutes 'serious nagging' versus 'a little bit of nagging' is a call that can only be made by the parent, not the child.

Fiona looked mildly embarrassed. "Yeah, well. The kitchen floor and I are not friends."

"I'm sure that in the case of the kitchen floor," I told her (thinking of all the times she's blown off that particular chore) "it's mutual."

Comments

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

Oh, I so have to forward this to cathrine97 :-) You don't want to know what her bedroom floor looks like...

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Probably a lot like Fiona's bedroom floor, actually.