From the Mouths of Babes

"Daddy says, 'I don't know why they pay him to direct traffic when all he does is watch traffic.'"

Our 5-year-old son said this to me one morning while we were stuck in the totally stationary school drop-off line, referring to the police officer who was leaning against his car. The officer did seem to be doing very little directing, but I found it hilarious that my kid remembers this sentence with such accuracy. Jay, by the way, swears he only said once, and that was several weeks ago.

Homework Hotline

"You are going to fail Kindergarten math if you don't concentrate!!!"

Yes, I said that to our 5-year-old son. As the words were coming out of my mouth I recognized them as both poor parenting and poor teaching, two things I am supposedly relatively good at. I totally suck.