Last night, Lu, SuperMom, and I went to dinner. The boys were doing something else. Between Lu ignoring us while listening to her phone doing God knows what, she heard us talking about this blog. So she began to ask questions about it. SuperMom tried to throw her off topic by saying I write adult stuff which we all know is a lie. However, apparently my niece who is younger than her has read the blog. I assume she finds out about it from my sister in law. There is nothing wrong with that, but it felt odd telling Lu that I write a blog about the silly stuff her and her brothers do on a daily basis. So I said I write funny things that you and the boys do and gave one example. That is where the laughter started, because Lu decided to start discussing her brothers' quirks through her eyes. She said "How about the fact that DP has to be the best at everything? Remember the other day he asked "who gets hurt the most?" and you said him and he shouted "YES!" like he won a prize". I agreed but I don't think she saw or heard me because she had her eyes closed and was laughing so loud that she snorted. But wait, she continued. "What about when DP asked, "Dad do you remember when I first learned division? Was I in 1st grade, kindergarten or pre-K?"" Now SuperMom joins in and acts like she is answering him and says "No son, I believe it was at birth. Delivery divided by you equals pain". Lu and SuperMom start laughing uncontrollably now. Lu then moves to JR and starts ripping him apart too. I learned that these subjects have no mercy for the other subjects in this experiment. For the record DP started learning division in the summer between Kindergarten and 1st grade.
So now back to my wonderful Lu. In case you have never had the great pleasure to have a young preteen girl, I will tell you a quick story about her. Lu received her phone as a birthday present on her 11th birthday. A little young in my opinion, but she is the youngest in her class and we gave in to the pressure. Well she spends endless amounts of time looking stuff up on her phone. I must point out I don't think what she is researching is school oriented. At least the stuff she relays to me isn't. I know more about the eating habits of pigs, birds, and other animals than I ever wanted to know. Additionally, I know tons of other stuff that is only useful if I was trying out for Jeopardy. "I will take THINGS THAT RELATE TO MEGHAN TRAINOR for $200 Alex". Anyway she tells us these things so much that SuperMom and I have discussed we no longer need "THE GOOGLE" as GW Bush says. We now refer to The Lu for our information. "SuperMom can you look that up on The Lu for me?" Oh well, at least she is still talking to us.
So now back to my wonderful Lu. In case you have never had the great pleasure to have a young preteen girl, I will tell you a quick story about her. Lu received her phone as a birthday present on her 11th birthday. A little young in my opinion, but she is the youngest in her class and we gave in to the pressure. Well she spends endless amounts of time looking stuff up on her phone. I must point out I don't think what she is researching is school oriented. At least the stuff she relays to me isn't. I know more about the eating habits of pigs, birds, and other animals than I ever wanted to know. Additionally, I know tons of other stuff that is only useful if I was trying out for Jeopardy. "I will take THINGS THAT RELATE TO MEGHAN TRAINOR for $200 Alex". Anyway she tells us these things so much that SuperMom and I have discussed we no longer need "THE GOOGLE" as GW Bush says. We now refer to The Lu for our information. "SuperMom can you look that up on The Lu for me?" Oh well, at least she is still talking to us.
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