Overheard in the Roebuck kitchen this morning:
Millie (10): Xander, will you help me with my world building for my book?
Xander (12): Sure. How about you make the main character die but then you bring him back at the end?
Millie: XANDER! There are only two books that did that well: the Bible and Tolkien.
Xander: You could do it well!
May 22, 2020
Overheard this morning from Millie (7): “WHAT WAS I THINKING?! I forgot about the laws of PHYSICS!!”
Mom: Millie, how was your day at school today?
Millie (9): Pretty good. Except there is this new boy, and he’s only been here two days and he already likes me. So I had to talk to Miss Richardson about it and told her that if he says anything about it she should just tell him we are only in elementary school and we don’t need boyfriends and girlfriends. I don’t want to break his heart. “
Conversation tonight:
Xander: what if we suddenly had a million dollars?!?
Me: Well, I guess you would already have the book to help you know how to manage it.
Millie: Oh, yeah!
Xander: Which book?
Me: The Millionaire Next Door
Millie: Oh. Huh. I was thinking about the B-i-b-l-e.
Me: Good point. Much better choice.
Brounion Colorado camping trip, July 2022, Millie zips out of the tent and asks Aunt Erin for any reading material consisting of anything other than heavy artillery:
“I just can’t read any more of Xander’s book. It’s just tank after tank after tank”
Me (frustrated and grumpy as our family was working to check out of our Disney Springs hotel in Florida): I HATE CHECKING OUT OF HOTELS! This is the worst part of traveling. UGghhh I HATE IT.
Xander (10) : Then you would like the Hotel California.
Roebuck Car Conversation:
Me: Maggie Mae, the comments about you at your logic school promotion ceremony today reminded me so much of the life prayer I’ve been praying for you since you were born.
Xander(10): Do you have a life prayer for me? Is it that I will grow up to be Elon Musk and use all that money to bring glory to God?
