Conversation in the car during kindergarten carpool earlier this afternoon:
As we are pulling out of Jett's driveway...
Me: Addy you need to sit down on your booty.
Jett: Yeah, because you know what happened to me one time? I was standing up right as this cop car was coming right at us.
Addy: My mom has been in a cop car before.
Jett: My mom has been arrested!
Me, thinking to myself: I know a lot of crazy facts about Jamie, but this is one she has failed to mention. Although it does co-ordinate with some of the other facts I know about her....
Addy: My mom has been arrested too! For not stopping at a stop sign.
Jett: My mom was arrested for going over the white line.
Me, thinking to myself again: Darn it! That's all? Going over a white line! Not as exciting as I had previously thought....Hmmm...what if this same conversation were to take place somewhere where I am not present and people really think I got arrested just like I thought Jamie really got arrested. You know, because it co-ordinates with some other facts people perceive to know. I should probably clear this up.
Me, out loud this time: Y'all know that getting pulled over by the police is not the same thing as getting arrested, right?
Addy and Jett, completely ignoring me: Yeah, well there was this one time when my mom...Oh and my mom was...Uh hm, and then she....
And then we were at the school in the drop off lane with no more time for clearing the air. So I sent Addy and Jett off to school still believe that their mothers are convicted felons.
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