50. Tillie Tuesday April 26, 2022

It’s just another Tillie Tuesday,

I wish it were a snooze day,

But it’s my news day,

And just another Tillie Tuesday.

Tillie Tuesday, the Daddy’s Old Edition

Tillie, on what constitutes old

Tillie: I don’t think that (actor on show) is very smart.

Me: Why don’t you think he’s smart?

Tillie: Because he has ugly hair.

Me: Wait. You can’t know if someone is smart or not by looking at them. You actually think ugly hair means you’re not smart?

Tillie: Yes.

Me: I have ugly hair.

Tillie: Yeah, but you’re old.

Me: Thanks.

Tillie: What? You’re over sixty. In my system anyone over 50 is old.

Me: That’s the cut off point, huh?

Tillie: Yes. Mommy’s not old because she is close to 50.

Me: Yes. Plus, she has beautiful hair.

Tillie: Right.

Tillie, on how to set up the old guy

Tillie: Are we doing something special this weekend? Me: Maybe.

Tillie: Well I’m not open to that.

Tillie, on how to communicate

Tillie: Daddy, how did you NOT KNOW that I needed help taking my jacket off and I wasn’t putting it on? Me: Well, did you use words to communicate what you wanted?

Tillie: I did use words, I said “Hmph.”

Tillie, on play and repeat

(In the car she asks me to restart a song)

“If you start the song over it’s not exactly a big deal because it’s still in the first paragraph.”

Tillie, on her Encanto aha! Moment

“Oh, I get it…rows and rows of roses. Haha! I get it now. Rows. Rose.”

And, finally,

Tillie, when I told her we were going to pack meals at Feed My Starving Children:

“Why? Why did they hire me? How do they even think I can cook? I can’t cook. Well, except cookies and water and stuff.”