wait do i have a phone???!!!

entry moved from the other site (which is now closed) from nov 2008

M: hi appa
G: hi michael, what are you doing? where's umma?
M: i'm playing lego batman wii. umma's in the shower. appa, can you go onto youtube and find the way to finish the level??
G: michael i have to work, we'll do it when i come home. 
M: appa, you can call me back on my phone, WAIT DO I HAVE A PHONE???!!!
G: michael i'll see you when i come home and we'll do it then, ok?
M: ok appa, call me back. bye.
G: bye

10 mins later:
M: uh appa, how come you didn't call me back yet? i'm waiting.
G: i have to work michael. where's umma?
M: she's still in the shower. can you just find out how to pass the level and call me back and tell me? just go on your computer and find out how.
G: michael i have to go, we'll do this later bye.
M: hmph

M harrassed G five times in a few hours. like father like son.

At Let's Play one day

So there were our kids in one of those riding machines that you put a 25 cent token in making it move up and down for two minutes.  Only G wouldn't give them any money, and in a line of four machines our kids were the ones 'pretending' it was moving.  

kid in the machine beside M cluching a bag-full of tokens:  why don't you put in a coin?

M looks over awe-struck that the kid didn't understand: because we can't afford it!!!

the kid's grandfather looks over at G, who is in his pj-equivalent, and looks down to the kids who are dressed like beggars because G can't match two colors if he tried, and you could tell that he felt bad for the kids.

random conversation at the mall

L:  can we ride the merry-go-roun?

G: Leah, i have no money, can't afford it.  Michael, tell her where money comes from.

M: *rolls his eyes and sighs* Leah! you have to work for it!

L: *turns to G* YOU already worked today

it doesn't work

After letting go a few bubbles herself, L went to pull on G's finger but it didn't work.  Tried a few others and expressed disdain: it doesn't work anymore...

lani mcdonald

so there we were waiting in line to renew the registration on our car in nov 2007. there was a very friendly old man in front of me observing L, commenting and comparing her to his grandkids. i would turn to look at G every now and then he had this look on his face that i've never seen before, but i still kept up our conversation until it was the old man's turn at the registry. while waiting for his service he talked to L and her reponse was to hold her breath until her face turned red as she pushed out a very stinky poop. G rescues me from the stink bomb and on his return he told me that old man was lani mcdonald! who??? his childhood hero! who??? on the old calgary flames team! ok, got it. so i ask him if i could shake the hand of my husband's childhood hero and as he does so he looks over to G, who is stunned at this point and bashfully shakes his hand too. we leave only to return armed with my camera phone to take some paparazzi shots. this should be a lesson to G to comb your hair every morning!

i heart star wars nerds

everyday i have to endure pop quizzes given by M to test my knowledge of star wars. he's discovered the limit on mom's knowledge about all things in his ever growing world, and is not surprised anymore when i fail the quizzes miserably. one day G comes home from work and M exclaimed to him that they are both star wars nerds! G's ego was a bit bruised but M was still proud and that pride has grown to be shared by them both. proud star wars nerds.

Uncle Steven, our plumber

So it was by coincidence that I found out an old friend from highschool is living in Calgary, and that he's a plumber. He came one time to save our ceiling from our toilet and L satstaring in awe as he made little work of what would have taken us two weeks to complete. She had to have her hair combed and changed hairpins several times before she felt able to present herself to uncle steven. L's first crush? or early plumbing aspirations?