Misunderstandings

Liam asked Jim the other day why he couldn't just quit work and stay home with us all day. Jim tried to explain the facts of life about work and money...and Liam said "Well, Mom stopped working. Oh yeah. She was fired."

I guess my noble effort to quit my high-powered job (ha ha) and become a devoted stay at home mother has been misconstrued. Needless to say, I wasted no time in hunting Liam down the first chance I got and setting the record straight. I explained that I did NOT get fired. I decided to gallantly forego my steady income in order to spend much more quality time with he and Natalie. Liam just nodded and kept grinning at me with a coy little grin. I swear it looked like he was thinking "Sure, Mom, sure. And I was really keeping my hands to myself in line the other even though my teacher said I wasn't." sigh....

My misunderstanding with Natalie doesn't cut as deep, at least. The other day she grabbed a book and sat pretending to read. It was To Kill a Mockingbird. Good choice, Natalie. The problem was, she then wanted me to read it to her. I told her it was a really big book and we should probably try to read something smaller. She then hunted high and low and gathered up a pile of very small books. Teeny tiny books. I'm talking 3 inches by 3 inches. You know how they make some kids books very small...I'm not sure why...I guess they figure small people like small things. That day she refused to read a normal-sized kid book. Mommy had told her we must read "small" books. So she went for small. I tried to explain I meant easier to read...but then realized it was pointless and read her some very teeny tiny books.