29. Tillie Tuesday July 06, 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 Roadtrip to Reunion Edition

Tillie, on transportation:

“Is a shuttle like an airplane without the wings?”

Tillie, ordering her favorite fettuccini at her favorite restaurant:

“I’ll have the cappuccino add the chicken with no broccoli.”

Tillie, on sharing the load:

Tillie: Should we take turns carrying my backpack because it’s kind of heavy.?

Me: Sure.

Tillie: I will go first and then you and then I will go and then you, okay?

Me: Sounds good.

Tillie: Actually, maybe you should just carry it because my arms are breaking off into pieces.

Tillie, on sharing:

Tillie: What happened, Daddy?

Me: Oh, I scraped my arm accidentally.

Tillie: Since we are telling the truth to each other right now I actually bit off a little piece of my finger today. Also, I got cut three different times.

Tillie, staying with that theme:

Me: (Putting a band aid on Tillie’s scrape)

Tillie: Are you being careful so that your daughter doesn’t get hurt?

Me: Yes.

Tillie: Because you know that’s what good fathers do?

Me: Yes.

Tillie: Well, I do have two scrapes and ten cuts you know.

Tillie, more on bandages

Tillie: I’m sorry but I picked a sore on my head.

Me: Does it need a bandage?

Tillie: One problem. It’s under all my hair.

Me: Then we will have to wrap a big bandage around your entire head.

Tillie: One problem…How would I do this?

(And then she flips her hair).

Tillie, on safety (as we drive through her first mountain pass…in Arizona in July)

Tillie: Guys, we have to be quiet. If we make too much noise we could start an avalanche. Avalanches are real, you know.

Jeanne: One problem. Avalanches are made of snow.

Tillie: Ohhh. Rockslide! Guys, we have to be quiet or we could cause a rockslide!

Tillie, on nature

(At the Grand Canyon Tillie wanted to roll a stone down the slope)

Me: When we are in nature we always want to think about leaving it just as we found it.

(Tillie contemplates this)

Tillie: Water is nature, right?

Me: Yes.

Tillie: And we drink water, don’t we? So we don’t leave water the way we found it because we drink it.

Tillie, after learning a table soccer game:

“Do you want to play some fools ball?”

And, finally,

Tillie, on bunkhouse safety

“Remember not to bonk your head, Daddy. It’s a BUNK bed not a BONK bed. Got it?