not all those who wander are lost...

2002-12-09 | 10:06 p.m.
cwick on the red 'x'

the following is a conversation i had with my nephew (who just turned three) as relayed by my brother. there are a few notes from me in bold and brackets along the way.

Ben: Michael: "Lets get a sticker for her. Ummm a dog sticker. Yeah! A dog named Misty. Misty's the name. Misty's on the bottom."

Megan: who's he talking about?

Ben: I asked him what he wanted to say to you and he started talking about dog stickers

Ben: Michael: "I wuv you dear Megan. I wuv you so so much, Megan."

Megan: aww!

Megan: i love you so much, too, michael

Ben: Michael: "Daddy, can I play a game now please?"

Ben: Michael: "Megan, do you want to come to my house?"

Ben: Michael: "She says, 'I do'."

Megan: i do!

Ben: Michael: "I want to email her."

Ben: jhy7mknjn3z

Ben: g3AF@FD@Dgqw^F52 dseeeeeerr5@A u9u9u9u9u9 u9u9u9u9u9 u9u9u9u9u 9u9u9u9u9 u9u9u9u9u9u 9u9u9u9 u9u9u9u9u9 u9u9u9u 9u9u9u9 u9u9u9u9 .lc,

Ben: Michael: "There!"

Megan: thanks!

Ben: Michael: "Megan, I'm moving to a new house."

Megan: i know. i'm going to come see you there.

Ben: Michael: "Ummmm. I'm not coming to your house, Megan. It's bored bored bored bored bored bored and bored."

Ben: me: "What else do you want to say to Megan?" Michael: "That's enough! I want to play the car game."

Megan: why is it bored?

Ben: Michael: "Because it is bored. Megan, I want to get you a pwesent for Christmas, and a other pwesent and a other pwesent and a other pwesent and a other pwesent and a other pwesent. That's all of them. Daddy, click on the red fing that has an 'x' in it."

Megan: hey!

Ben: he apparently wants to go

Ben: Michael: "Dad, I want to play the car game."

Megan: he doesn't give up

Ben: Michael: "Daddy, can I pway the car game with you?"

Ben: we're still working on his letter 'L' sounds--that's his hardest one

Ben: eS#@Ar11 ae1re2E9U ,,,,,,,.9I7 LIK90M 907I9IOL 8,7M99999999999 999999999999 IKIKIKI KIKIK9L IKM09

Ben: Michael: "I emailed her!"

Ben: Michael: "Don't get out of my email! Hey, you got out of my email. This isn't yours. This is Mama's" (he's so smart)

[he knew they were in my sister-in-law’s windows profile]

Megan: how'd he know?

Ben: Michael: "Because it is mama's"

Ben: I think he could tell from the wallpaper

Megan: ah

Ben: Michael: "Click on the red thing that is an 'x' because I want to exit the email. But I WANT to click on it!"

Megan: noooooo!

Ben: Michael: "Oooooooo! [holding up a fist] Do you see this?"

Megan: ahahahahaha

Ben: Michael: "The boats will say boop ow boop ow boop ow. It is yours daddy. put the dumpster in the hot wava and the statue in the hot wava. You're a hot wava. I like to train, daddy. Aaaaaa! Help, daddy, Jarus is going to bite my knee! Weave us awone, Jarus!"

[jarus is my other nephew who’s 10 months old]

Megan: how do you stand all the cuteness all the time?

Ben: it's not easy

Ben: Michael: "Cwick in the red 'x'. We're going to exit mama's. We're going to get in mine."

Ben: (he has his own windows profile)

Megan: aww!

Ben: I have to restrict his rights so he doesn't break things

Megan: good plan

Ben: He has actually disabled the NIC. It took me awhile to figure out what happened.

Ben: Michael: "Megan, we're going to go to Canafornia! I'm going to jump in Canaforia. Megan, do you like Canafornia?"

Megan: i do

Megan: i would like it more if you came here

Ben: Michael: "I'm going to move to a new house. It is fara faraway. Is this the new house, Daddy? This isn't the new house! It is going to be like a gingerbread house. It will have beebees and girls and boys and some girls, too. Caweb will be there, Daddy."

Megan:

[caleb is michael’s best buddy]

Ben: Michael: "But I wuv this house, Daddy. I don't want to move to a new house because I wuv it. I do do do do wuv it."

Ben: me: "What do you love about this house?" Michael: "Ummm, Jarus."

Ben: Michael: "Wet's get a mean sticker. Um a happy and a mean and a happy one and a mean one and a frown one and a sad one. I want aww of those stickers."

Ben: