Jameson asks this question as he waits for me to finish an email so that I can then quiz him over his science note cards. I explain that's how I get things ready -- for school, for soccer, for babysitters . . . to which he adds inquisitively "adoption?"
"Yes, for adoption stuff sometimes," I share.
"You? Why not Dad do that, too?"
"Because he cleans up the dog poop." (Among other jobs, of course, but I thought that demonstrated the point adequately.)
Apparently not so, because Jameson forgot about Dad's laundry expertise, board-game playing, Sunday evening Haitian food cooking, mowing the yard, rolling the garbage and recycling to the curb, and, and, and . . . Jameson considered too quickly the yard scooping job, raised his eyebrows and assessed, "That's easier."
"Yes, for adoption stuff sometimes," I share.
"You? Why not Dad do that, too?"
"Because he cleans up the dog poop." (Among other jobs, of course, but I thought that demonstrated the point adequately.)
Apparently not so, because Jameson forgot about Dad's laundry expertise, board-game playing, Sunday evening Haitian food cooking, mowing the yard, rolling the garbage and recycling to the curb, and, and, and . . . Jameson considered too quickly the yard scooping job, raised his eyebrows and assessed, "That's easier."
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