For some families it's asking too much to even turn off the tv during dinnertime, so TVLand network got in on the hype and went show-less for a 2 hour period this evening. Seriously, people.
Since we regularly eat together as a family, this wasn't a monumental event for us, but I will let you in on the conversation of tonight - being in the spirit of the "holiday" and all...
Me: SO...everyone think of 2 interesting things that happened to you today.
pause here while people begin thinking of fascinating conversation starters involving the day's events.Mimi: Well, I didn't get hit in the head with a sewing machine.
Me: Oooo-kay.
pause here to mentally award Mimi the Conversationalist of the Year award because - well, dang, girl!Me: You want to expound on that?
Mimi: No. Just sayin' that it's different than what happened on Friday, that's all.
Me: ooooo-kay.
Lizzie: Hey, that doesn't count for one of her things, right? Because if that counts for her, then I want to say that I didn't get attacked by a band of mutant spiders.
Me: Well, see, the thing that makes Mimi's interesting and makes it different is that last Friday, you didn't actually get attacked by..........nevermind.
Lizzie: I also didn't get to ride on a flying carpet today with a prince. AND nobody took me driving yet.
Me: Well, could you stop listing things you didn't do today, and just tell us something you did?
Lizzie: If I promise not to list more things I didn't, can I drive to get the valve oil I need for band?
And that's where I cut my losses and made the deal. We did eventually get back to what people DID today, but frankly, what we DIDN'T was much more interesting.
7 comments:
Sounds like great dinner conversation.
And seriously, 'family day'? Sad, sad, indeed.
Okay, your kids are fabulously creative! Kudos!
How does one go about getting hit in the head with a sewing machine... I'm intrigued.
I agree...the case of the killer sewing machine sounds like a post in and of itself!!!
I guess I don't watch enough tv... I had no idea that today was National Family Day... so, what does it say about me if I had leftovers at 4:30 by myself, 2 of my kids had cold cereal at 4:45, my other child had leftovers around 5:30 and my hubby ate when he got home from work??
hi randi dear:
i didn't fly to england today.
cute post to hear all the bizarre conversation. hubby told me after we all had dinner that today was eat dinner as a family day. i was like, oh, we do that anyway .. but i was also thinking what a weird thing that a society has to announce that to remind people to do that???? nice to see that you feel the same way and i was not alone in my thinking on this weird thing today.
and yippeee, we had another family prayer tonight. i think this new habit (roughly a month now) in our/their lives is really sticking! can you see my smile from here? it is reflecting off of your daughter's forehead :)
this is good,
hope your night is great and slide to the left he he ... it cracks me up to tell you that,
kathleen :)
How funny! You have clever kids!!!
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