NICK: Tell about your day to me, daddy.
ME: Okay, well I went to the library and prepared for my class. Then I got some writing done. What did you do at school?
NICK: I saw poo-poo carrying a suitcase.
ME: What?
NICK: I did, daddy. I saw poo-poo carrying a suitcase at school.
ME: Okay. This is not appropriate dinner conversation. You did not see poo-poo carrying a suitcase.
NICK: Yes I did, dad. Yes, I did.
ME: Nick, come on. Did you play with your friends?
NICK: Yes.
ME: Michael?
NICK: No.
ME: Angela?
NICK: No.
ME: Who did you play with?
NICK: Poo-poo carrying a suitcase.
ME: Nick, I know you’ve already told mommy what you did but I’m really interested in knowing what you did at school. Now I told you what I did. Will you tell me what you did at school?
NICK: Yes.
ME: Did you have story circle today?
NICK: Yes.
ME: Did you get to turn the pages of the book?
NICK: Yes.
ME: What was the book about?
NICK: Poo-poo carrying a suitcase.
ME: *sigh* I guess you’re just not going to tell me.
NICK: I will, daddy! I will. I will! Ask me who I played with again.
ME: Who did you play with?
NICK: Michael and Angela and Poo-poo carrying a suitcase.
ME: Okay. Where did this come from? There is no such thing as poo-poo with a suitcase!
NICK: Yes there is.
ME: No! Why would poo-poo have a suitcase?
NICK: It has to go someplace.
ME: Poo-poo doesn’t go anyplace. It’s poo-poo. It’s doesn’t do human things.
NICK: Yes it does.
ME: No. It doesn’t. You did not see poo-poo carrying a suitcase.
NICK: Yes I did.
ME: Hey, did you go to speech therapy today?
NICK: Yes.
ME: What sounds did you work on?
NICK: FFFF! FFFFF!
ME: That’s great!
NICK: Daddy, ask me what else I worked on.
ME: No.
NICK: Yes. Ask me, daddy.
ME: I’m not going to.
NICK: Why?
ME: You’re going to say “poo-poo carrying a suitcase.”
NICK: No, I won’t. Ask me.
ME: Yes, you will.
NICK: NO I WON’T!
ME: Nick…
NICK: ASK ME, DADDY!
ME: *sigh* What else did you work on?
NICK: POO-POO CARRYING A SUITCASE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
David Lee White 