Joey left home this morning prepared. He had an escape plan and the tools with which to implement it. Naturally, I was in the dark. At 8:00, we pulled up at the back door of the school, where the kids are dropped off.
Me: "OK, OK, scoot, hurry up, get out, have a good day, love you, Joey get that word of the day, and BEHAVE!"
Katie skipped across the playground while Joey struggled with the seat belt/bookbag/parka/door knob.
Joey: "Who's gonna pick me up?"
Me: "Gramma."
Joey: "Awww-aw! She *always* picks me up!"
Me: "Yup, she does."
Joey: "I'm gonna call Fifi--he can pick me up today."
Me: "OK Joey. But you can't call him from school. I gotta go honey, hurry up and grab your bookbag!"
Joey: "I brought a phone."
Me: "OK, hurry up, ba--"
*Brain gears whir, hitch, seize*
Me: "KATIE! GET BACK HERE AND CHECK THIS BOY'S BOOKBAG!!
Katie sauntered back, grabbed Joey's bookbag and rummaged around until . . . out came the living room phone, a decidedly non-mobile phone.
Katie: "Joey! What's this phone doing in here?"
Joey: "Hey! Gimme that! Awwww! I NEVER get a phone!!"
So funny. I can see him whipping that big honking phone out of his bookbag during reading circle, and Mrs D#tko trying to tell him "Joey, you can't use that here!" And Joey's response, clear, firm, and strong, "But I know the number!!"
Another priceless Joey moment.
I'm rather worried by the idea of an "Uncle Fifi", though.
Posted by: Em | March 25, 2005 at 03:19 AM
isn't that a hoot! joey couldn't pronounce richy (my bro)--came out 'fifi.' hee, a grown man and he's called fifi. but e never comes late for dinner! :-)
Posted by: em | March 25, 2005 at 07:49 AM
actually, i liked the fifi bit -
he called me fifi and i called him fifi
we've grown out of that now though
.rz
Posted by: .rz | March 25, 2005 at 12:03 PM
well I haven't. :-)
Posted by: em | March 25, 2005 at 12:10 PM
You know, over here 'fifi' is a girls name...:-)
Then again, 'Randy' has a different meaning over here too, and it's very rare as a name...
*runs away*
Posted by: Colin | March 25, 2005 at 01:18 PM
Randy, meet Fifi. ;-)
Posted by: em | March 25, 2005 at 01:55 PM
There is 'Roger' of course.
Posted by: Greavsie | March 26, 2005 at 06:02 AM
Well, it makes sense, doesn't it? I mean, it makes calls without wires, why shouldn't it work at school?
(Ever hear from Allyson BTW? She seems to have disappeared again....)
Posted by: fridgemagnet | March 28, 2005 at 03:00 PM
nope, not a peep--did she get her page back up? I thougth that had been down a while now...
Posted by: em | March 28, 2005 at 03:18 PM
Not as far as I can see. She left that comment on my blog that I forwarded to you, but that's it.
Posted by: fridgemagnet | March 28, 2005 at 03:51 PM