Last Thursday afternoon, the girls and I were outside in the front yard. I saw a school bus coming around the corner and pointed it out to Riley.
"Hey, look, Riley, a school bus," I pointed, "You'll be riding one of those this fall!"
"Wow, that's beautiful!" she said.
"Yeah, I guess so," I replied.
Riley skipped around a little bit and stopped. "I'm kind of worried about it though."
"Worried about what?"
"I'm worried that the kids on the school bus will make fun of me," she replied.
"What could you possibly have to be made fun of?" I asked. "You're beautiful, smart, funny, nice, caring, brave..."
"I guess," she said, considering.
She moved to sit down next to me on the short wall that surrounds our flowerbeds a the front of our house and looked off in the distance, thoughtful.
Then she said, "Maybe it would be better if I just took a limo to school instead."
"Well, everything is better in a limo..."
This kid is definitely a keeper. Lock her up if you see Angelina roaming the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteI will take that bitch down if she comes anywhere near my kids. Fortunately, I don't live in a third world country, so my kids probably lack appeal to her anyway.
ReplyDeleteYeah, what the hell? School buses don't have hot tubs OR bars. That's probably why I skipped school all the time.
ReplyDeleteYou should also offer her a ride on your unicorn.
ReplyDeletewhat's with bustin' on Angie, now?? Didn't you thunk she was sexxxi in an eye patch in "Captain"??
ReplyDeleteit IS interesting, though, that being made fun of on the bus should even PASS THROUGH the transem of her mind at her age.
Will she have a wet soda bar in her limo??
Riley couldn't be more right...I need a limo for trips to the grocery store.
ReplyDeleteBeckeye: So true.
ReplyDeleteGrant Miller: No one, not even you, will get a ride on *my* unicorn
BO: I don't have anything against Angelina, unless she comes after my kids.
Dirty: A limo would make life easier...and more fabulous!
You've raised a very sensible daughter.
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