Tuesday, July 15, 2008

one cost of exuberance

This morning, as usual, I was excited. I was very excited to see Lissy walking Nandini and Lila to pre-school. I waved to them from across the street.

When we got into the school, I showed them that one of the trucks was broken. I said, "Look! The truck is broken."

Nandini said with ennui, "Yeah, we know."

It made me feel a bit sad that she was not interested and that she seemed tired of my input.

But, such is life; hopefully I won't get so jaded as I get older.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

silly 1am converstation

After waking up in the middle of the night- a conversation took place something like:

Ella: "is that daddy?"
Daddy: "yes"
"did you go sailing?"
"yes"
"were there waves?"
"Little waves"
"did you fall in the water"
"No, there were just small waves."
"Oh"
"where's the boat? Is it in the water?"
"No, its on a dock. It's out of the water."
"is it in the yard? is it ok?"
"its on a dock-- on some wood. it's ok."
"Oh"
"did you have have fun?"
"yes"
"were there lots of people there?"
"Yes, there were lots of people sailing"
"Oh"
"Sometime I go sailing with you?"
"Yeah, I want to take you with me some time."
"Yeah, that would be fun."
"Yeah."

Wednesday, June 4, 2008