Joseph Writes: Questionable Morals

Joseph Writes: Questionable Morals

“My mom told me, ‘Don’t try to please everyone’ at a dinner party when everyone kept asking me to pass things. I couldn’t keep up and everyone got agitated.”  Such demands placed on a wee dinner party attendee! It’s a...
Maddie’s Stash

Maddie’s Stash

Me: Maddie, you still have candy from Easter? Joseph: Maddie’s eating radius is 10 years. Joseph has always eaten the treats out of the plastic eggs as he finds them. Maddie, on the other hand, can stretch her cache clear through to that same holiday the next...
Grown up

Grown up

Joseph, you look older today, more grown up! Well, yeah I guess, except for the fact that I’m wearing a t-shirt with a robot riding a dinosaur. 
Backup Shirt

Backup Shirt

Me: Joseph, you can’t wear that green Minecraft shirt again. Joseph: No problem, that’s why I brought down a backup! (He takes off the green shirt and unfolds the yellow one he knows will pass.) I know you too well, mom.
Luxury

Luxury

Joseph and I were walking through a parking lot and one of these bad boys pulls into a handicapped spot. “Whoa!” Joseph says. “Check out that car! What do you call those?” It is like the maroon Buick Century we had when I was young, with the...