“What should we do today?” I asked.
“SpongeBob,” he said without much hesitation.
I didn’t notice until a little later but he got the idea from a SpongeBob coffee mug in our cabinet. Had I realized that right away, I probably would have just drawn the cup. But since I didn’t know, I ran a search as I usually do. He took way too long to pick one of the many options. I began to pressure him and he hurriedly picked this one.
“This one’s kind of funny, right?” he asked.
Sort of, but not really, I thought.
“Can you make his eyes cross-eyed?” he asked referring to the way SpongeBob’s eyes look on the coffee mug.
“Sure,” I said.
This was a classic SpongeBob look. Not all of the options were, so I was happy he picked this one. I had fun giving it a go.
“I like it,” he told me, “It’s exactly like the picture but bigger, right?”
“Yup.”
“Why does SpongeBob always wear a tie?”
“I don’t know. That’s a very good question.”
