Let's buy a police car!
Aug. 16th, 2005 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
navygreen(By the way, this whole first paragraph is mostly filler for the ending conversation... just so you know. *wink*)
Jack and I went to the commissary to do our grocery-shopping this afternoon while A.J. was still in school. At Jack's request, I bought the things needed and made spaghetti and breadsticks for dinner. Afterwards, the boys and I played Frisbee outside together for almost 45 minutes. We then decided to have ice cream for our dessert, and we had two choices: ice cream from home or ice cream from Runza® (we had 9 of the free kids' cone coupons stacked up from kids' meals over the past 3 months or so). The boys chose Runza ice cream, of course, so we loaded up in the van and went inside the restaurant to get our treats. And on the way home, the following conversation occurred:
Heehee. One day, A.J.'s going to learn a hard lesson about buying a car. ;-)
Jack and I went to the commissary to do our grocery-shopping this afternoon while A.J. was still in school. At Jack's request, I bought the things needed and made spaghetti and breadsticks for dinner. Afterwards, the boys and I played Frisbee outside together for almost 45 minutes. We then decided to have ice cream for our dessert, and we had two choices: ice cream from home or ice cream from Runza® (we had 9 of the free kids' cone coupons stacked up from kids' meals over the past 3 months or so). The boys chose Runza ice cream, of course, so we loaded up in the van and went inside the restaurant to get our treats. And on the way home, the following conversation occurred:
(police car goes whizzes, lights flashing)
A.J.: Mom, can police go as fast as they want to?
Me: As long as they are driving a police car.
A.J.: (in an awe-filled voice) You mean they can go in FIFTH gear?
Me: (laughing) Yes, they can go in fifth gear.
A.J.: So as long as they drive a police car, they can go fast?
Me: Yep.
A.J.: (pauses for just a smidge) Mom, can we sell this car and get a police one?
Me: (laughing) No, bud, we can't sell this car and buy a police one.
A.J.: (in a very knowing tone) Yeah. I bet we don't have enough on our credit card to buy a police car. Not even if you put yours *and* Dad's credit cards together.
Me: (giggling) No, probably not.
A.J.: Yeah, we probably would need EIGHT HUNDRED credit cards, and *then* we could buy a police car.
A.J.: (turns to Jack) Hey Jack, let's stop picking up pennies on the ground and start watching for credit cards, okay?
Jack: Okay, A.J. (then, in an excited voice) Yeah, and we'll pick up lots and LOTS of them!
Heehee. One day, A.J.'s going to learn a hard lesson about buying a car. ;-)
