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(fade in to a car 10 minutes from the house after a play date)
kidtessier 3.7: Mommy, I have to go potty.
mrstessier: Can you wait until we get home?
kidtessier 3.7: Yes
(5 minutes pass - car is surrounded by cornfields)
kidtessier 3.7: Mommy, I really have to go potty now.
mrstessier: Can you wait until we get home?
kidtessier 3.7: No.
(Car quickly pulls over into a field. Wife and daughter get out of the car. Wife pulls down daughters pants.)
mrstessier: Okay, go ahead. I'll help hold you.
kidtessier 3.7: (Looking down)I can go pee-pee in the grass?
mrstessier: Yes.
kidtessier 3.7: (Looking quizzically at my wife) Like a doggie?
mrstessier: Yes.
kidtessier 3.7: That's okay, Mommy. I can wait until we get home. Let's go.
*******
(During dinner)
kidtessier 3.7: Daddy, what do you call someone as old as Mommy.
stessier: You call them an "Old Coot". (Wife looks daggers at me)
kidtessier 3.7: And what do you call someone as old as you?
mrstessier: (Speaking up quickly) You call them an "Old Coot" too.
kidtessier 3.7: (Looking at me and laughing) I love you, you Old Coot!!
*******
(While making dinner)
kidtessier 3.7: Daddy, I want Mommy to finish making my dinner.
stessier: Why? I'm almost done with it and then you can eat.
kidtessier 3.7: I like her better and I want her to make it.
stessier: (Wife looks at me smuggly) That's okay - I know you don't mean it. You're just saying that because Mommy is here.
kidtessier 3.7: What Daddy?
stessier: (Wife still grinning) I said that I know you don't mean that and only said it because you can see Mommy.
kidtessier 3.7: I can't hear you Daddy.
stessier: I was just saying that...
kidtessier 3.7: (Cutting me off) Daddy, are you talking to yourself again?
*******
(Driving in a car)
kidtessier 3.7: Daddy, where are we going?
stessier: We're going to Target.
kidtessier 3.7: Why?
stessier: Because we have to do some shopping and Mommy has to pick up a few things.
kidtessier 3.7: Where are we going?
stessier: We're going to Target.
kidtessier 3.7: To Target?
stessier: Yes.
kidtessier 3.7: But where are we going?
stessier: (beginning to lose patience) I just said we were going to Target.
kidtessier 3.7: But where are we going?
stessier: (patience gone as we turn into the Target parking lot) I SAID WE ARE...
kidtessier 3.7: (Cutting me off) Ooooh, look Daddy, Target!!