Kelly Clarkson and the Problem With Crack
The whole point of summer school for Abby and Michael was to help Abby get acclimated before fall, as Michael will be off to Kindergarten. During that first week, I took my turn shuttling kids to and/or from school. On one of the mornings, Michael proceeded to tell me of the crack in the windshield of his dad’s car. Apparently there had been quite the discussion about windshields and cracks in them that morning…so it was fresh on his brain.
“My dad has a crack in his windshield.”
“He does? Bummer. So do I.”
“You do?”
“Yup! Right there.” (Me pointing it out to the 5 yr old…Abby blissfully ignoring all that we say.)
Once Michael was satisfied that I indeed did have a crack (in my windshield, people) he moved on to other subjects and we rocked out to Radio Disney. Well…there wasn’t a whole lot of “rockin’ out” but we did sing a long. However, several minutes passed and I have completely moved on from the windshield topic. I, now, am thinking about how Kelly Clarkson is the only American Idol who had done much of anything at all…and how she must’ve been burned by some dude with all these angry, girl power songs…and how odd it is that I’m no fan of said American Idol but that I have been known to belt out (and enjoy) good ol’ Kelly’s songs. During this moment of me thinking of stupid things and singing along with my friend Kelly, Michael interrupts my thoughts with:
“My Dad’s crack is bigger than yours.”
And because I will still lost in Kelly Clarkson Land and because I seriously did not expect anything like that to come from Michael’s mouth, I seriously went through several seconds of “what the heck did this kid just say to me????!” before remembering our discussion on windshields. And it was at that moment that I was grateful for being a procrastinator and NOT getting my windshield fixed…because dang it, WHO WOULD WANT TO MISS A MOMENT LIKE THIS!!!
**And I would just like to make it known that I did NOT include the title of yet another Kelly Clarkson song within that last sentence on purpose. I just didn’t.
“My dad has a crack in his windshield.”
“He does? Bummer. So do I.”
“You do?”
“Yup! Right there.” (Me pointing it out to the 5 yr old…Abby blissfully ignoring all that we say.)
Once Michael was satisfied that I indeed did have a crack (in my windshield, people) he moved on to other subjects and we rocked out to Radio Disney. Well…there wasn’t a whole lot of “rockin’ out” but we did sing a long. However, several minutes passed and I have completely moved on from the windshield topic. I, now, am thinking about how Kelly Clarkson is the only American Idol who had done much of anything at all…and how she must’ve been burned by some dude with all these angry, girl power songs…and how odd it is that I’m no fan of said American Idol but that I have been known to belt out (and enjoy) good ol’ Kelly’s songs. During this moment of me thinking of stupid things and singing along with my friend Kelly, Michael interrupts my thoughts with:
“My Dad’s crack is bigger than yours.”
And because I will still lost in Kelly Clarkson Land and because I seriously did not expect anything like that to come from Michael’s mouth, I seriously went through several seconds of “what the heck did this kid just say to me????!” before remembering our discussion on windshields. And it was at that moment that I was grateful for being a procrastinator and NOT getting my windshield fixed…because dang it, WHO WOULD WANT TO MISS A MOMENT LIKE THIS!!!
**And I would just like to make it known that I did NOT include the title of yet another Kelly Clarkson song within that last sentence on purpose. I just didn’t.
posted by JP at 7/11/2005 03:49:00 PM
3 Comments:
I think someone else is writing these angy-girl songs. Maybe Alannis has a prodigy.
Where did my last comment go? I swear I commented on your last post and it disappeared! And to think my comment would have changed your life...and now it is lost forever...and I can't remember what it is I said. Bummer. (That word just popped out because it is my new "Love and Logic" parenting "empathizer" word to use with my kids. Can you tell I have to use it a lot?
Anyway... Thanks for making my laugh. Cracks always make for a humorous post. :)
And I just noticed you used the word "Bummer" in your post too! Good parenting, JP, good job. (even though you weren't speaking to your own child...)
Tell Mom She looks great. It is the first time I have seen her picture in years. And tell her i look foward to seeing her in August
BTW I bet you are glad his crack is bigger then yours...lol
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