Bits & Pieces

My boys and I were shopping at Walmart recently when the discussion came up between Danny and Ryan about girls. The conversation navigated toward how difficult it is to understand the opposite sex. I listened with amusement as they argued over the best approach to the difficulties with "women".

Finally, on our way to the car, Ryan asked for my input. I immediately thought of the famous book by Gray entitled "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus", which deals with theories about how best to deal with the differences of the sexes. So I asked Ryan if he knew what the famous book would have to say and followed with a bait "Men are from Mars, Women are from....?" Ryan jumped up and exclaimed "Uranus!"

Lost planets....speaking of stinky things, the other night Danny and I raided our little stash of King crab legs that I keep for special occasions in the freezer. Ryan was late at school for soccer, so I wasn't going to mention that he wasn't invited to our crab feast, and Riley was with SCL.
I went out o Dowling to pick up Ryan.

As soon as Ryan got in the car, he asked what was 'that smell'. I replied innocently "nothing", not wishing to give away our crab feast that was smeared all over Danny's and my hands. Pretty soon, Ryan got a strange look on his face and exclaimed "Mom- you need to take a shower!"

We were at the car wash recently and usually Ryan would jump out and swipe the debit card to get the car washed. This time though, Danny was on the machine side, so I handed him a $5 bill and told him to start the car wash. A few minutes went by and nothing had happened with the car wash green light, so I looked over to see what was the problem. Danny was trying to swipe the $5 bill in the card reader just like Ryan did the debit card, and having no luck at all. Danny yells "Mom, it won't read the money!" A little redirection to the bill reader and a lot of laughs and we were off to the car washer!