Justus asks me at least once a day if we can invite someone over to play…
The question usually comes as I’m changing the diaper of the one year old I babysit for…with Malachi hanging on my back…and Asa hollering in from the other room, “MOM! What does it mean to find the lowest common denominator again?!”
Okay, but today I said, “Yes, sure.”
So he called Hannah and Sarah, since it had been a while since they had been over.
But they didn’t answer the phone…so I called back later…and they still didn’t answer…
Therefore…here is what the next two hours sounded like:
Justus: “Mom, when do you think they’ll call back?”
Me: “I don’t know Justus.”
Justus: “Do you think we should call them back again?”
Me: “No, we left two messages already. They might be out of town or something.”
Justus: “Oh? Where did they go?”
Me: “I don’t know if they went anywhere…I’m just saying that since they haven’t called back yet…they might have gone out of town. It could be that they are just at Wal-mart or something like that.”
Justus: “Well, what did they need to get at Wal-mart?”
Me: “I don’t know. They might not be at Wal-mart. I’m just saying they are probably out somewhere and haven’t gotten our messages yet.”
Justus: “Well, when are they getting back?”
Me: “I don’t even know where they are, buddy. I don’t know when they’ll get back.”
Justus: “Do you think they’ll get back in about an hour?”
Me: “I don’t know.”
Justus: “Well when do you think they’ll be able to call us?”
Me: “Buddy, I don’t know. I don’t know anything about their day today. I don’t know.”
Justus: “Okay, but what if they don’t call back?”
Me: “Then we’ll just call Benjamin or someone else to come over and play.”
Justus: “But, why can’t Hannah and Sarah come over?”
Me: “I don’t know, Justus. I don’t know means I don’t know. I DON’T KNOW.”
Justus: “Oh, so you don’t know?”
(and so on and so forth…)
Hannah and Sarah never did call back…
And I STILL don’t know where they are.
Char says
OH my, this sounds exactly like how my conversations with Samuel go… EVERY day… all the time. I’m so glad I’m not the only one!
:-)
The Happy Housewife says
Are our children related? They must be because I have this conversation all the time!
Erin says
yup- that’s daily conversation at our house
Angela says
Too funny, I thought I was having deja vu reading this!
Great excersize of your patience…