an addendum...

So let me just continue the story of Sunday's post...

I'm at work on Monday, it's a little after three, and the kids are trickling in as their different schools get out, showing up for the afterschool program. Mike and I are greeting them all, asking how school went, how much homework they have, blah blah blah. Mike begins the following conversation with first-grader J:

Mike: So J, how was your weekend?

J: Awesome! I got to go to the place with the skateborders and bikes and motorcycles and they flipped and stuff!!

Mike: You did?! ... Hey Christina, so J made it to go to XGames thing ... how come you didn't again?

Me: What?! Where did you go, J?

J: To the place with the bikes and the skateboards and the motorcycles and they flipped!

Me: OOOhh!! I'm jealous. Who did you see?

J: Everybody.

Me: Everybody? Like Tony Hawk? Was he there?

J: Yes

D (third-grader, overhearing the conversation): I know what you're going to say next, you're going to say "why didn't you get Tony Hawk's autograph for me?"

Me: Hey J, why didn't you get Tony Hawk's autograph for me?

D: See! I'm psychic.

J: I don't know. (he goes back to his math homework)

End Scene

Of course, I learned two things from this experience:

1) Ironic Humor doesn't meet with much success on 1st and 3rd graders...

2) Apparently I should be checking with these kids before I make my weekend plans...