Summer Vacation

Little Miss:  "So, now that school is ovah, foh me and foh sistah, it's summahtime.  Right?"

C: "Yes!"

LM: "So, that means that Daddy gets to stop wohking too!!!"

C: "Oh! Nooo, he has to keep working sweetie.  All summer."

Dead silence.

Miss: "But. But.  But....so...when does he finish?"

C: "finish working?  you mean for the day?"

Miss: "No when does he FINISH.  When will he finish his big job, so he can STOP wohking!"

C: "He can't love.  He has to keep working.  All the way till you're a grown up!"

Lots of stunned silence.  Contorted faces of disappointment and outrage at the injustice of the world.

Miss: "Well.  It would be bettah, you know.  If he just could wohk on-y on the days I go to gymnastics."

C: "You'd like it better if Daddy only worked on Saturdays?"

Miss(grumbling): "YES!  At LEAST for the summah."


Well.  J gets no such luck.  In fact, he will be working almost all the hours this summer on some difficult rotations.  Sorry J.  But for the rest of us, it's summer!  We are celebrating.  The Littles have been staying up late catching fireflies, playing until they must be revived by popsicle, swimming, playing with friends, and checking out all the books from the library.  Mister can't believe His luck.  Sisters are with Him all the time!