Monday, August 23, 2010

Batman Dream

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Lucas: Papi, did you have the same Batman dream as mine?
Me: Lucas, everyone has different dreams.
Lucas: Oh. (thinking pause)
Me; Was your dream cool?
Lucas: Yeah.
Me: Cool.
Lucas: Do you think my dream will come true?



Tuesday, August 10, 2010

An Amazing Meal




On Sunday, my agency was on the verge of winning the Wendy's account and I thought, "What better way to send good vibes out to Dave Thomas up in heaven than to take the whole family out for a good meal." 


The rain was unstoppable and our 3-year old twins were on the verge of falling asleep on empty stomachs. Eating in at the restaurant was not an option 'cause of the storm, so my wife suggested we order drive-thru and just park and eat. So we did.


We ordered and parked under a Royal Poinciana tree in full bloom. 


The rain splattered our windshield with bright red flowers from the tree. It was kinda cool. Eating Wendy's inside the minivan, rain falling faster than the sun was setting, the kids happy, eating and playing with their kids meal toys. Is there's a better way to have a Sunday family meal? All together. Inside a minivan. OK, so... not exactly a traditional, around-the-table dinner experience, but same thing, really. 


To cap off the surreal, unusual but still awesome Sunday dinner, Lucas, our 5-year old, finishes his Cheeseburger kids meal, and says (unaided and umprompted), "Papi, that was an amazing meal."


And an amazing night that would be topped the very next day by even more amazing news: we won the Wendy's account.


Maybe Dave was listening. 


Gracias, Dave.



Friday, August 6, 2010

Why do people yawn?



Lucas: Papi, why do people yawn?
Me: Because it's time for bedtime.
Lucas (thinking): Ahm, I don't yawn.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Who invented the shape of numbers?

Another unanswerable question from our 5-year old questioner of everything:




"Who made the number 1 look like that? And why is 2 with that shape? And who did the curves on look like this (makes 3 with his hands). What is the name of the man who did that?"