The Grinch
“My Dad is going to do the Grinch today,” he announced, referencing me in the third person. He had announced the same on Thursday evening, but since he stayed home sick from school on Friday,...
Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
“What’ll it be today?” “The ice castle from Frozen,” he said, remembering that that was his first choice yesterday before we settled in on Marshmallow. “I don’t know if I’ll have time today,” I said,...
Christmas Tree
“Should we do something Christmas-y today since it’s December now?” “Oooh, Davy Jones.” “That’s Christmas-y?” “…wearing a Christmas hat,” he added cheekily. “No time for that today,” I informed him. We were running behind schedule...
Tweety Bird
“What should we do today?” “Maybe a dead toad or frog?” “Why dead?” I asked in mild horror. Boy, I really never have any idea what might pop out of his mouth. “Never mind. I’m...
I want Santa…
I want Santa… “I just thought about it. I was thinking it could be a humuhumunukunukuapua’a, but that’d be too hard.” I looked up this Hawaiian named trigger fish and showed him the options. “I...