Sepia
Ten year old logic is fuzzy, at best. Ten year old BOY logic leaves a mother shaking her head. I mean, what’s up with shoving all the shorts and t-shirts that don’t fit you, along with 15 plastic hangers, into one of three drawers you have for your clothes only to then stash all your good t-shirts and hoodies underneath your bed? Seriously. This child perplexes me.
He, of course, seems to have a reason for everything. Not that any of them make much sense. Witness this encounter.
Me: (assembling the infrastructure of a plastic storage box). . . “Let me get this straight. You took this box apart because the big spools of thread wouldn’t fit in the box if the infrastructure for the compartments remained?”
Boy Wonder: “Right!”
Me: “Did you ever consider using this box for all your small sewing notions and leaving the big spools of thread in the wood organizer I gave you?”
Boy Wonder: “But you have the wood organizer! You took it, remember?”
Me: “Right, I took it after you emptied and left it on your floor… I mean, did you ever consider using it BEFORE you disassembled your plastic storage box?”
Boy Wonder: “But I wanted it all to fit in one box.”
Me: (exasperated, because what’s up with the all or nothing logic?) “Pffft! You and your father! Black and white thinkers, I tell you.”
Boy Wonder: “I don’t really think in Black and White, you know. I’m more of a Sepia Thinker.”
And this is the REAL reason we call him Boy Wonder: he leaves his mother wondering where he gets this stuff.
July 31st, 2007 at 6:00 pm
truly a funny exchange!
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He keeps me hopping! ~W
July 31st, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Heh - I would have said I see the world in “grayscale”… I much prefer the idea of sepia…
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Grayscale? OMG…
~W
July 31st, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Sepia is nice–is it like rose-colored glasses? I need a set of those!
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Probably a lot like rose-colored glasses!
~W
July 31st, 2007 at 9:10 pm
I find myself singing … “Mama Don’t Take My KodaChrome Away”.
Gotta love our kids … how far ahead do they think up this stuff? Because you know it is a conspiracy to throw us of our parenting ‘game’.
Anyway, Kudos to Boy Wonder.
Love,
Jodi
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Probably, although I get the distinct impression he’s just really quick on his feet. His comic timing leaves me gasping for air, I’m laughing so hard. Makes it hard to parent sometimes.
~W
August 1st, 2007 at 3:36 am
That’s classic. I love love love that dry wit. It’s a Capricorn thing, you know
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He’s quick on his toes, that’s for sure! Oh, and I fixed your url for you.
~W
August 1st, 2007 at 8:10 am
What a wonderful way of looking at the world. I had some sepia tone pictures of my wedding, and everyone looked so much better in them…oh, I wonder if my camera does that? I know the one on my phone does….
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Our computer actually does it for us. We use iphoto and it has tons of options. ~W
August 1st, 2007 at 9:32 am
ha! too funny
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I know, what a joker, eh? ~W
August 1st, 2007 at 11:04 am
That is hilarious, sepia, hahaha! I am not sure why you are wondering where he gets this stuff, you are witty and funny, he gets it from you!
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He’s a funny kid. But, I’m not taking credit, nuh huh.
~W
August 1st, 2007 at 1:25 pm
BW is a cute little cuttlefish, indeed.
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Thank you. He has those moments where he has me on the floor in tears… laughing.
~W
August 1st, 2007 at 8:41 pm
That is simply a priceless answer.
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It cracked me up…~W
August 2nd, 2007 at 11:43 am
Boy Wonder reminds me of my oldest boy. he has a different logic, though. a logic, he himself, doesn’t even understand.
he goes back and forth on simple matters. changing his mind at the drop of a hat.
he drives me crazy at times. to the point where I begin to think maybe I am??!!???
maybe I should think up a more loving term of endearment for him, other than, “Scitso Boy”!
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Hmm… your eldest needs an endearment better than that! We’ll work on it!
~W
August 2nd, 2007 at 8:06 pm
We can use all the sepia thinking we can get. Encourage that! And he IS very very funny! The clothing storage issue will only get worse for the foreseeable future.
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Great! Terrific news. Joy joy joy…
~W
August 3rd, 2007 at 6:45 am
What a kid! But, I think girls are wierd too. Mine are some of the strangest, but they’re cute, so I’ll keep ‘em!
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He’s a charmer…
~W