anecdotes

I was in such a hurry to get the MV pics up, I forgot all about the notes I'd scribbled from the trip.

On our way to the Fair, Sam and J. had a lengthy conversation about how afterward we would go to the Unfair. Where, you know, all manner of sucky things would happen. e.g.: "They have all your favorite things to eat, and you can't have any of them." "There are a lot of great rides, but they're all broken." Sam loves absurdity.

One day, Sam was dawdling as usual over his socks. He doesn't like putting on socks, because they get stuck halfway and he gets frustrated. He asked for help. (J. gave him strategies but kept trying to get him to do it himself.) "You do it, Dad."
"You're going to need to learn to put on socks, Sam."
"Why?"
"You're going to have feet, hopefully, for the rest of your life. We can't put on your socks for you when you're a grownup."
"When I'm a grownup, I'm not going to wear socks. I'm going to live in the rainforest, remember? There's warm steamy air there, I won't need socks."

[Sam has for some time been saying that he will live in the rainforest and collect animals when he is a grownup.]

Sam one day at breakfast, a propos nothing: "What's a theory?"

When we're getting ready to go out, Frida has started bringing us our shoes. She's pretty good at bringing the appropriate shoes to each of us.