Sunday, November 13, 2011

Princess Power (or lack thereof)

I spent yesterday watching a tragic afternoon of Auburn football at the home of my pal and fellow blogger FRT.

I'd like to say that I visit them to enjoy catching up with him and his lovely wife (both of whom I've known since high school and are two of my favorite people), but I think we all know that I head to his house because I adore his kids - Things 1-3.  It's nice to be around kids with whom I can enjoy intelligent, compelling conversation, such as the talk I had with my cohort in middle child-dom, kindergarten-aged Thing 2 after we heard another child claim to be a princess:

Thing 2: I don't like princesses.  Don't. Like. Them.
LAB: Me either!
T2:   Really?
LAB:  Yep - princess is a crummy job, if you ask me.
T2:   Why?
LAB:  Because everyone knows that in a constitutional monarchy, parliament has all the power.  To aspire to be anything less than Prime Minister is to choose to be a figurehead.  Plus, I'm pretty sure princesses have to wear pantyhose.
T2:   Ummm.. What?
LAB:  Princess bad.  Prime Mister good.
T2:   Right.  Want some Skittles?  I saved you some red ones.

God, I love that kid.

If you've ever wondered why I shouldn't have kids...there's the answer.

6 comments:

  1. Very impressive. Also, might show signs of being a bit power hungry. hehe

    Jay

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  2. @Jay: If someone had given me that advice when I was 5 years old, I'm pretty sure I'd be running my own small nation by now. Or at least a principality.

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  3. Hey, kids need to know these things.

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  4. No, no, no. That is WHY you need to have kids.

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  5. Haha, well it all makes sense to me, and the red skittles sealed the deal. Too funny! Thanks for stopping by the blog earlier and letting me know that you did :)

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