drwex | More elder-child milestones

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More elder-child milestones

And further proof that this is indeed my & Pygment's child. You may recall that a few months ago one of K's friends called him up to ask about D&D things. Well this has continued to the point where K said, very distinctly the other day:

"You have to stop calling and asking me this stuff. I'm not your live Player's Handbook!" (I'm certain one of you brilliant people will teach him about RTFM any day now.)

And yesterday he missed the bus because he was absorbed in a book.

I continue to be equal parts amused and annoyed. I'm beginning to be convinced he's more my kid than Pygment's though, because when I threatened to make him walk to school if he missed the bus again today Pygment tried to give him directions. And K gave her exactly the same uncomprehending look I give her when she tries to give me directions.

K turns 10 this weekend. Some day he'll read this. Happy birthday kiddo - we love you lots!

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Your kids crack me up whenever I spend time with you all - this supports my conclusion that it isn't an observation-thing, it's simply their nature.

Something I resolved a while ago was to make sure that when I dropped RTFM into a youngster's vocabulary, I would first assign the values "furnished" and "materials" for F and M. Partly to avoid problems with smart kids and not-as-smart teachers, but mostly because it would be a fun prank on their older (probably college-aged) selves when the etymology is more thoroughly explored.

I keep laughing reading this. I didn't know about the first conversation with his friend and yes, he did give the same look you do when I try and give you directions.

*LAUGH*

*leaves a whatever-the-happy-post-equivalent-of-a-pebble-is *

Just knowing people read what I wrote helps.

Yeah, I had to tell him to be more polite to his friends. He seemed pretty upset about it.

I am looking forward to getting Kfir and Will in the same place at the same time sometime and let them play Munchkin or DnD or Pokemon or Whatever together. And eavesdropping.