Quoteable
Parents can often feel pride about the accomplishments of their children. Maybe they bring home a perfect report card or score the winning goal or have an excellent performance on stage.
But sometimes they make us beam for other reasons. Sometimes your child takes great pleasure in pointing out when people use unnecessary quotes.
As my daughter approaches her teenage years (way too fast for my liking, but that’s another story), she has started to develop the kind of observation-based sense of humor I love.
One day she was talking about her day and told us about a sign she saw somewhere. When she told us about it, she used air quotes when she said one word. I had to stop and question her for a second.
Once I received her answers, I realized I had the double whammy of sarcastic Daddy pride. She understood that the quotes were completely unnecessary and showed us via air quotes with a small eye roll thrown in for good measure.