Brinley is wondering when new slang words will start showing up.
”Dad, when is the new set of skibidi words coming out?”
I come into Brinley’s room while she’s watching a video.
”Dad!” she says. “I think I’ve seen the future.”
”How’s that, Brin?”
“This video is about erasable highlighters!”
A few days after Groundhog Day Brin asks me, “Wait, what was the groundhog’s name? Hunkadavius Phil?”
We’re getting our roof replaced today. As we listen to the loud sounds coming from the roof, Brin says, “It’s like if a hailstorm had hammers.”
Brin, Micah, and Arlen are playing on the playground, coming up with all sorts of games.
“Hey guys!” says Brin, “Let’s all pretend to be humans.”
I was remarking to Brin how sweet she was to Micah today on his first day of kindergarten.
“Well, he’s in a state of puberty now,” she says. “He’s not a kid.”
Brin asks what the word “suspend” means when we read it in a book.
“Maybe I’ll get suspended from school for being too kind.” she says.
“Well, Brin,” I say, “being suspended from school is not a good thing.”
“But it could be,” she counters.
“How?” I ask.
“I don’t know,” she says, “Sometimes I just have to talk.”
Brin asks about my recent trip to Cleveland, “Dad, where did you go again? The Hall and Roll and Rock of Fame?”
Brin is having trouble with her slinky on the staircase.
“Slinkies are broken these days!” she declares.
Brin looks out the window on a drive and notices some weird store names. She says, “Wow, people just names stores whatever they want. I’m going to make a store called ‘Fergen Ferg’ or ‘The Pee Place’.”