In my inbox this morning, courtesy of my lovely neighbor Andrew who tries very hard to avoid public forums, and will now probably hate me:
Exterior establishing shot. A hot, dry sunny day on (the street I live on).
3of3 runs with a little soccer ball towards a tall, bald man watering his dahlias.3of3: Anjou! I want to play with you! We can chase the ball. Don’t touch it.
Andrew: Okay, I won’t touch it. I swear.
3of3: Let’s go, Anjou.
The intrepid duo run up (said street).
Andrew: You must miss your mom.
3of3: No. She’s in Chicago.
Andrew: So, if she were in another city would you miss her? Like New York?
3of3: No, she’s coming back in two minutes.
Andrew: In a few days? Next week?
3of3: Two minutes. Next week.
Andrew: I don’t think you understand time, 3of3.
3of3: Oh my god! Two minutes, Anjou.
Tagged with: 3of3, BlogHer
Emma
Saturday, 25 July, 2009 at 15:52Love it! I can’t wait for my little munchkin to come out with his own concept of time, its something I can mock him about for years to come!
daysgoby
Saturday, 25 July, 2009 at 17:23Love the frustration at the end! Step up, Anjou!
Kelley @ Magnetoboldtoo
Saturday, 25 July, 2009 at 19:27Oh My God Anjou don’t you know you DO NOT question the spawn of Mr Lady?
ZDub
Saturday, 25 July, 2009 at 19:35Sounds like Anjou is about to get a beat down.
Love it.
anne nahm
Saturday, 25 July, 2009 at 20:02I die with the cuteness!
Audubon Ron
Saturday, 25 July, 2009 at 21:25I think 3 of 3 is right on the money with this one. 2 minutes, next week, still too soon.
I thought you were on a one month sabbatical.
See I was just enjoying the quiet servitude of no Whiskey In My Sippy Cup posts on my reader. Being part of the WIMSC family requires a little works mind you keeping up with the energy of the Mr. Lady and all. And the only reason I hang in there is because, well, you’re so damned cute.
Actually, I’ve missed you terribly, honey. COME HOME!!!!
MommyTime
Saturday, 25 July, 2009 at 22:00OMG 3of3 is the bestest and I want her to be my daughter’s best friend. How can we make that happen?
Amber
Sunday, 26 July, 2009 at 8:29Jeesh, Anjou, get with the program.
3of3 is clearly going to go far. That kid has chutzpah!
the planet of janet
Sunday, 26 July, 2009 at 10:293of3 clearly knows better than all of us.
i mean really … oh my god!!!!!!
georgie
Sunday, 26 July, 2009 at 11:29that is just so super cute…two minutes works for me…lol
Bobbi Janay
Sunday, 26 July, 2009 at 14:54What a cute story.
Ree
Sunday, 26 July, 2009 at 17:21Oh, dear, dear Anjou. Do you not know that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree?
SciFi Dad
Sunday, 26 July, 2009 at 19:50You go away for a month and return with a post written by your neighbour?
Are you fucking kidding me? You couldn’t even slip in a new tat pic or something?
Kori
Monday, 27 July, 2009 at 8:25Anjou is the idiot, which is obvious to all. Owen says, “That week.” As in we went camping that week, we are going to pick up daddy that week. He has no concept of days, minutes, hours yet, and I love the ambiguity.
patois
Monday, 27 July, 2009 at 9:02Clearly, Anjou has a lot to learn.
Matt
Monday, 27 July, 2009 at 12:25You know what the funniest thing about this post is? “Don’t touch it.” My own daughter does this as well and, annoying as it may be, it’s even more hilarious. I.e. – “Daddy. Lets play bubbles! But you don’t do them, I’ll do them and you can watch, OK?”
Debb
Monday, 27 July, 2009 at 13:57This is so cute. Obviously, 3 of 3 is way more put together than the rest of us. I totally love her concept of time.
BusyDad
Monday, 27 July, 2009 at 16:51Apples and oranges, Anjou. Learn the difference. geez.
tracey
Monday, 27 July, 2009 at 20:43I must apologize for the slightly stuttery introduction I must have given you on Friday night. Holy balls, I was buzzin… Also, being quirky and funny in person isn’t doesn’t allow me a backspace button. I do love that backspace button…
I’m sure you don’t remember, but after I rambled on and on about how “I don’t gush over people I really admire! Blah blah out my ass blah blah!” I remembered that I kinda sorta did gush over YOU. Gah.
ms picket to you
Tuesday, 28 July, 2009 at 0:13anjou! when i say two minutes i mean whatever the hell i want to mean.
now, do NOT touch my ball.
UPrinting
Tuesday, 28 July, 2009 at 1:00Totally cute! I wish us adults can view time in the same manner as 3of3 does. If only a week could be as short as two minutes, so carefree and innocent :) Thanks!
Lee of MWOB
Wednesday, 29 July, 2009 at 12:46Geez I missed my kids while at BlogHer and my 7-year-old asked me when I returned why I keep going away so much? Interesting…..
And Tracey? That gushing thing…? It’s a BlogHer phenom…it’s totally cool. We all do it. And we forgive ourselves for it…. :-)
And if there’s ANYONE worth uh, gushing over? It’s this Mr. Lady chick here who rocks this blogspace.
Yo is Me
Thursday, 30 July, 2009 at 22:11hey! what happened with the tattoos? did everyone get tatted up? with the tats? i haven’t heard ANYthing about the tats ANYWHERE.
i wish i’d met you drunkenly :D
rachel-asouthernfairytale
Saturday, 1 August, 2009 at 19:313of3 and Monkey would be the best of friends ;-)
Jason
Sunday, 2 August, 2009 at 9:32This is a great site you have here. I have a humor blog myself and I would like to exchange links with you. Let me know if this is possible. Until then, I look forward to reading some more of your posts. Take care.