23. Tillie Tuesday May 18, 2021

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 Mommy’s on a Trip Edition

Tillie, on Daddy brushing her hair:

“Are you trying to make me bald?”

Tillie, on lions:

Tillie: Daddy, let’s see who can roar the quietest. You go first.

Me: (“Roars” in a whisper)

Tillie: My turn. (Roars in my ear at the top of her lungs). I lose.

Tillie, assessing the situation:

“Was your plan a disaster, Daddy?”

Tillie, on resistance:

“If you need me I’m going to be sticking my foot on the wall.”

Tillie, on weekend plans:

“We could take the dogs for a walk, maybe on the trails, we could go to the green park, do a little yada yada... Can you believe I said ‘yada yada’?”

Tillie, on telling about her school day:

(What she’s saying sounds not quite right)

Me: Are you making up a story?

Tillie: No. It’s imagination.

Tillie, on our restaurant experience:

Me: You’ll like it. We eat here all the time.

Tillie: Are you saying that we never eat anywhere else, not even at our house?

Me: Great. They didn’t give us any napkins.

Tillie: I know when you say great like that then things are not so great.

Tillie: Is that raw tuna? Is that kind of the point of sushi? That it’s raw fish? Isn’t raw supposed to be bad for you? Can I have more, please, Daddy?

Tillie: (perfectly using her child chopsticks) I guess chopsticks aren’t really stupid. Right, Daddy?

And, finally,

Tillie, counting the days:

“How many more days until Mommy returns? Three? It will be three, then two, then one, then Boom!” (Today is the Boom day. Yay!)