Me: "Do you know why I brought you to the hardware store with me?"
Sippy Cup: "Not really."
Me: "Well, I think you're old enough to start helping me with projects around the house."
Sippy Cup (enthralled by the power tools all around him): "Cooooool."
Me (smiling): "Yeah, it is cool."
Sippy Cup: "Wow Dad, look at all this stuff!"
Me (walking proudly, nodding to the burly contractors in the aisle): "I'm glad you like it."
Sippy Cup (whispering): "Awesome..."
Me (squatting down so that we are at eye level): "Look. You're not a baby anymore. You're a big kid. And it's important that you start learning some basic skills about how to fix things around the house. See, these are all the different kinds of wrenches and pliers and hammers and drill bits..."
Sippy Cup (whispering): "Awesome..."
Me (squatting down so that we are at eye level): "Look. You're not a baby anymore. You're a big kid. And it's important that you start learning some basic skills about how to fix things around the house. See, these are all the different kinds of wrenches and pliers and hammers and drill bits..."
Sippy Cup (screaming in joy): "FISH! THEY HAVE A FISH TANK! OH MY GOD! THEY HAVE A FISH TANK! FIIIIIISSSSSHHHH!!!"
Me (sighing): "Yes. For some reason, they have an aquarium. In a hardware store."
Sippy Cup (making fish faces): "FISHY! FISHY! FISHY! BLOOP BLOOP! BLOOP BLOOP!"
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