{"id":12370,"date":"2015-05-02T00:31:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T07:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=12370"},"modified":"2017-06-28T21:04:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T04:04:57","slug":"new-category-quotables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=12370","title":{"rendered":"New Category: Quotables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The scene:<\/p>\n<p>Dad driving, mom in the front passenger seat, Jacob and Megan in the middle, and Junior, Laurent, and Geneva in the back seat. We&#8217;ve just finished gallivanting around downtown Phoenix, shooting nighttime photos and running around making fools of ourselves, as only we can do. Everyone is giddy\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0the shenanigans have by no means stopped, they are now merely confined to a very small space. I am blasting the air conditioning to cool my middle-aged self\u00a0off after the hup. We&#8217;ve been driving for maybe five minutes, I&#8217;ve still got all the front vents blowing on me full blast, when my peripheral vision\u00a0catches my\u00a0wild-child, Megan, unbuckled and facing the rear. I, feeling the need to be clever,\u00a0quiz her thusly:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Megan&#8230;. what is a seat belt?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;Errr&#8230; something you wear when your mother is cold?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#smartypants<br \/>\n#wellplayed<br \/>\n#justwaittillyoure48<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Amongst the hubbub behind me as we drive there are many snatches of song, but a couple of measures from my eldest soprano pop out, and I holler back with delight:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Laurent! Is that Purcell?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Laurent, with disdained disbelief:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s Byrd!! <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sheesh<\/span>, mom!!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#raisingthemright<br \/>\n#musicnerds<br \/>\n#cathedralchoirFTW<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We&#8217;ve just returned from a long drive-about, ferrying people here and there. It involved beverages. There was a certain urgency about getting out of the car-seat and into the house for the 3yo, but he was not the first one into the house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m still sitting in the car, finishing a text message to Geneva about picking her up, when Junior comes running out of\u00a0the house, giggling with delight:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;Mom! I made mud inna yarrrd!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#cantwait<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>#whenyougottagoyougottago<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>#boys<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150501_211011N1webcopyright.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12378\" src=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150501_211011N1webcopyright.jpg\" alt=\"20150501_211011N1webcopyright\" width=\"1155\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150501_211011N1webcopyright.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150501_211011N1webcopyright-208x180.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1155px) 100vw, 1155px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scene: Dad driving, mom in the front passenger seat, Jacob and Megan in the middle, and Junior, Laurent, and Geneva in the back seat. 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