~Chromebook Conversations~

While discussing the Chromebooks (internet-based laptops) Eamon's classroom just got today...

Me:  "So tell me about the chromebooks.  Did anyone drop one yet?  Did you do any work on them?"

Eamon:  "No, no one dropped one.  And we only took our pictures with them so far and then put them up."

Me:  "So no classwork or research on them?"

Eamon:  "Research is in libraries on books not computers!  Because books have everything and computers don't!"

Hmm, apparently he has been paying attention to my books vs. computers rants!  I'll break it to him later that physical books do have their limitations but for now I just want to bask in the smug pride for my kid's love of real books. ;)  

~Culinary Conversations~

While watching Saturday morning TV...

Eamon:  "Mommy!  Quick!  I need some paper!"

Me:  "Ok..." <hands him a notepad>

Eamon:  "Thanks!"

Me:  "What for?"

Eamon:  <silently but empahtically points to the TV which is turned to the Martha Stewart PBS cooking show>

After a few minutes of attempting to write down what she says...

Eamon:  "Augh!  This is too hard to write!  I'm just going to have to remember it.  <begins repeating after Martha Stewart>  two tablespoons of flour... butter... maple syrup... Ooh!  Now she's making espresso chocolate glaze!  <frowns thoughtfully> Wait, how old do you have to be to have coffee?"

Me:  "Well, there's not really a certain age.  You could have coffee now but it would probably make you really hyper."

Eamon:  "Hmm, I think I'll wait until I'm 12."

Me:  <laughing>  "What, is 12 the magic age to have coffee?"

Eamon:  <seriously>  "Yes.  Well, for me it is.  Hey, when I'm 12, maybe Rowan will be the manager of a cooking place and she can make those eclairs with espresso glaze!"


If I got even half excited as he does about cooking and recipes, my family would eat a lot better than we do... ;)  

~Familial Conversations~

While discussing Eamon's class project and his classmates' reactions to it...

Eamon:  "Everyone thought that picture of us in Texas with Tristan and his mom and brother was a family picture!"

Me:  <laughing> "What did they mean?  Like that Miss Chevon and I were married and you all were our kids or that we were sisters and you and Tristan were cousins...?"  

Eamon:  <shrugs> "I dunno'.  They just thought we were family, like maybe Tristan was my brother."

Me:  "Well, there are all types of families so we could be family, like instead of being Miss Chevon, she could be your Crazy Aunt Chevon!"  (Because you have to be at least a little crazy to be in our family!;)

Eamon:  <pensively> "Yeah, she is a little crazy.  She doesn't even like milk!"  


Leave it to my family to judge mental health by ones' feelings toward milk... ;)

~Weekend & Holiday Conversations~

While watching Saturday morning cartoons...

Eamon:  "So I'm going to grow up and be a scientist, you know, creator of the future and I'm going to be a pizza maker too."

Me:  "Uh-huh..."

Eamon:  "And I'm going to become the boss of the pizza thing so I'm going to do the pizza making on the week and the scientst thing on the weekend and holidays."

Me:  "So what made you decide all this right now?"

Eamon:  "I didn't.  I was always going to be a pizza maker and scientist."

Me:  "No, what made you decide that you'd be a pizza maker during the week and a scientist on weekends and holidays."

Eamon:  <shrugs>  "I don't know."

~Homework Conversations~

While walking Eamon out of school today...

Me:  "Do you have any homework today?"

Eamon:  "Nope, no homework again today!"

Me:  <in a mock serious voice>  "What!?  I'm going to have to talk to your teacher.  You need homework - lots of it!  Especially over the weekend..."

Eamon:  "Hey!"

Me:  "What?  You're the one that said you want to be really smart when you grow up.  You're going to need lots of homework to get there."

Eamon:  "Well, I am going to be really smart.  And I do love science."

Me:  "Oh, good!  Because Ms. Carroll* and I have decided you're going to be a doctor when you grow up, preferably a surgeon, so you will need to study a lot of science."

Eamon:  "I don't want to be a doctor.  I want to be a scientist."

Me:  "What kind of scientist? Because you could be a doctor and a scientists."

Eamon:  "Remember? I'm going to be the inventor of the future!  I'm going to invent stuff like cars that you can hold in your hand and then when you push a button, they're going to turn regular size."

Me:  "Awesome.  Sounds like it will pay well."


*Ms. Carroll is my co-librarian and she has already decided that Eamon will be a surgeon - and marry the scarily-intelligent 7 year old daughter of one of our other co-workers... ;)

~Kindle Conversations~

While attempting to set up my new Kindle, which I'd just received in the mail...

Eamon:  <slyly>  "So, does it have any games on...?"

Me:  "NO!  There are no games on this!  It's for reading books only!"

Eamon:  "Oh."

Me:  "I mean it!  Books, books, and more books!  If it's not a book, you can't even think about it!" 

Eamon:  <amused>  "Ok, mommy."

Me:  "And by the way, I got this pink case for the Kindle just so you and your dad wouldn't steal it."

Eamon:  <now looking at the case with interest>  "Nah, daddy'll still take it."

Darn it!  The kid is right! ;) 

~Dad Conversations~

While prepping for bedtime...

Eamon:  "Can you come downstairs with me?"

Mark:  "No, I'm busy.  You're fine; you don't need me to come with you."

Eamon:  "But I'm scared."

Mark:  "There's nothing to be scared of.  Just go."

Eamon:  "But if you come with me, I'll get to spend more time with you, Daddy!"


How sneaky is that?! ;)