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Friday, December 9, 2011

Desmond's Wishes And More

The second graders in Zuki's school have lunch at 9:50 am. To me, that's brunch. Minus the cocktail. So from 10:30 until school gets out at 2:30, they're running on fumes. By the time they're dismissed, the kids are like ravenous zombies.

It wasn't surprising then, that Desmond (Zuki's schoolmate) said, "I wish a hot meal would fall out of the sky."

"Yeah," Zuki agreed, licking his lips.

I could only imagine what "hot meal" he was thinking of. He's such an air head, he was probably thinking of a ham and cheese sandwich.

Seeing that this was not Cloudy with a chance of meatballs, Desmond then wished aloud for something else.

"I wish I had some cash."

Good wish, I thought and agreed out loud.

"I wish a thousand dollars would fall out of the sky." He said.

It's no wonder Desmond's in the "Gifted" class. That's a pretty abstemious number to wish for, especially for a seven year old boy. Most kids who would wish for money are like congress, I want a billion-gazillion-five-hundred-zero-forty cents!

Luckily, Samu wasn't there to be part of the conversation. He always has to upstage everybody. This morning, he said to me, "Mommy, I can spell "December" with my eyes closed!"


He closed his eyes and said, "D - E - C- M - B - E - R - E - R."

So much for that trick. Next time, I'll tell him to keep his eyes open.

9 comments:

  1. Oh, bless. Gotta give the boy points for effort. As for Desmond wishing for a specific (and substantial) wad of cash...would you call that gifted? or just pain ambitious ?

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  2. I was impressed that he said cash instead of money. He should also get extra points for assuming God would shower U.S. currency.

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  3. Samu can already spell better than my ex-husband, eyes open OR closed. ;)

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  4. Hahaha! I wouldn't be surprised if Desmond would be in Congress someday! I couldn't stop laughing at Samu's new trick!

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  5. Did you just work "abstemious" into a humor post? Awesome! And, that's NOT how you spell DCRMBERER? :)

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  6. Lol. Kids are so funny when they open their mouths!

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  7. @Michelle: Actually, I made fun but spelling with eyes closed happens to work. Who'd a thunk?

    @grapesandoranges: No doubt he will make congress - he wishes money will fall out of the sky!

    @crittersandcrayons: Oh yes, I did! Meet Abstemious. My new pet word for the week.

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  8. Can he spell abstemious? I had to look it up.

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  9. If he can't, it's about the only thing I have up on that kid. He's like Village Of The Damned.

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