Thursday, March 3, 2005

Undeserved praise for Uncle David

(As told by Sarah)

time: evening, about 7:15 or so.
location: bathroom

Simon: I want to use my new Wiggles toothbrush!
me: ok!
Simon: I like this toothbrush. It has Murray, Anthony, Greg, Jeff. It is
blue.
me: yup! it's a great toothbrush! now brush your teeth!
Simon: I have a new toothbrush.
me: yup! it's fun to get a new toothbrush! remember how it came in the mail?
[I ordered it from Amazon so as to get free shipping on a book I ordered]
Simon: Yeah! it came in a big package! It was a present for Simon!
me: [pandering for praise] Who was the present from?
Simon: [Huge grin on his face] Uncle David!!
me: um, actually, it was from Mommy.
Simon: No. Uncle David. [another huge grin]. Uncle David is funny.
me: yeah. sure. Brush your teeth.