~Mannered Conversations~

After finishing my calzone breakfast while driving Eamon to camp... 

Me:  "Do I have anything on my face?"

Eamon:  "No."

Me:  "You didn't even look!"

Eamon:  "How could you get something on you?  You're always neat and clean and going like this <mimes prissily dabbing mouth with napkin>"

Me:  "Are you mocking me for using a napkin?!"

Eamon:  "Um, yeah."

Me:  "I've obviously failed as a parent if you think having table manners is a bad thing."

Yeah, this is probably more his speed. ;)

~Shady Conversations~

While getting ready for dinner after a long sweaty day hiking in a forest...

Mema:  "Dinner's almost ready and Eamon's even already taken his shower."

Me:  <doing a double take>  "But those are the sweaty clothes he was wearing earlier..."

Mema:  "Yeah, he wanted to put them back on."

Me:  "And you LET him?!"

Mema:  "Well, I thought he should put on fresh clothes but he said you all let him do that all the time."

Me:  "And you BELIEVED him?!"

Mema:  "Well..."

Me:  <to Mema>  "Just for the record, we do not let him put dirty clothes on after he's showered."  <to Eamon>  "When have we ever let you put dirty clothes back on after getting clean?"

Eamon:  <shrugs sadly, knowing he's caught>


Hmm, I wonder if there's any way I can blame Mark for our 10 year old not knowing he has to put on CLEAN clothes after showering... ;) 

~Moist Conversations~

After hours spent happily playing ball, riding bikes, and falling off scooters with an old friend's kids...

Me:  "Take your sweaty shirt off before you get in my car.  And you are definitely taking a shower when we get home!"

Eamon:  "What?!  But I already showered earlier today!"

Me:  "That was before you spent HOURS playing!  You are literally drenched in sweat!"

Eamon:  <disgustedly>  "That's why I hate going outside; then I have to shower."

Me:  "There are so many things wrong with that statement, I don't even know where to start..."

I foresee a long and difficult teenage era ahead. :P

~Shouldered Conversations~

After attempting to use Eamon as a pillow during a sleep-inducing $2 kids' movie...

Me:  "Eamon, you make a terrible pillow!  I'm going to need you to grow some broader shoulders soon.  And get taller so I don't have to lean over as far."

Eamon:  "I'm not going to have broad shoulders.  But I will get taller."

Me:  "Wait, why don't you think your shoulders are going to get any broader?"

Eamon:  "Well, my head's going to be really big and I don't want my shoulders to bump my head so my shoulders need to stay like they are now."

Me:  "You're so weird."

So apparently this is Eamon's ideal head-to-body ratio...