So, I asked Jaylyn to go turn the dryer back on for me.  She sighed and under her breath said “reluctantly.” 

What????  I asked.

“What does ‘reluctantly’ mean?”

That means that you don’t really want to do something but you’ll do it anyway. 

“Okay, I’ll do it reluctantly.”

How about doing it cheerfully???

As we were walking through the neighborhood the other night, we passed a model home.  Jaylyn asked what the model home was for and we talked about building houses.  Then our conversation went like this:

Jaylyn:  One day I’ll build a house.

Us:  That’s great.

Jaylyn:  I’ll get married and we’ll go to the model home and pick out a house.

Us:  You will have to pick out all the colors like the brick color and paint color. 

Jaylyn:  I want a purple house!!!

Us:  That would be cute!  You might want to check with your husband first and see if he’s ok with a purple house though.

Jaylyn:  Ok.  But I haven’t met him yet. 

Very true…………at least I don’t think she’s met him yet.  That’s a scary thought!!!  I can’t go there yet…….

Tonight at dinner we were doing word problems and talking about math.  Dad made up a story problem about a flat tire.  So, Jaylyn decided to make up her own story problem using the same topic.

“One day my husband and I were driving in our car.  We jumped on a nail and got a flat tire.  Then my husband got out to fix the tire.  How many tires did we have left?”

What is this fixation with husbands lately?  No no no!