Saturday, August 2, 2008

Code for: I need a Pet

"Daddy? DADDY? Where are you? Hurry, I gotta show you sumpin!" Was all I heard at 7 o'clock this morning. About 30 seconds later I felt a finger poking me in the back.

"Daddy, hurry I gotta show you sumpin." As I opened my eyes, I was meet by Eesti's blue eyes and a smile. She started to tug at my arm, and it was only then that I realized that she really was in a hurry. As I got out of bed, she quickly grabbed my hand and lead me downstairs to the kitchen. All the bad things that could happen started racing through my mind. She let go of my hand, ran over to the table and pointed at a large mixing bowl sitting on it. Thank goodness nothing bad had happened.

"What Eesti, I'm tired." was all I could muster out. With a big grin on her face she said,

"Look at my ants! Aren't they beeeautiful?" Ants? What the hell is she talking about? As I got closer to the bowl, I noticed that inside the bowl were some rocks, potato chips, and ANTS.

"See daddy, my ants. An I give them some chippies to eat." I stood there laughing to myself, and then she picked up a blue plastic lid and slammed it on top of the bowl with a boom.

"An now they no can get away!" she said triumphantly. Without knowing what to say, I told her to go and show her mother. She picked up the bowl and headed back upstairs looking for Michelle.

"Mommy, I gotta show you sumpin." she shouted, as she stomped up the stairs.

I guess that it is time to get Eesti a pet. Ants just don't do it for me.

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