The Girl Store

Saturday night at Adam's bedtime:

Adam: "Is Mr. Todd still here?"

Me: "Yes.  He's going to talk with Mommy & Daddy for a little while, then he's going to go home and go to bed."

Adam: "Where is his bed?"

Me: "At his house, in his room.  You know where you sometimes watch movies with Erin, on that big bed?"

Adam: "Oh.  Yeah.  Does Mrs. Michelle sleep there too?"

Me: "Yes, just like Mommy & Daddy sleep in our bed.  She's his wife."

Adam: "And you're Daddy's wife."

Me: "Right."

Adam: "And Robert's my wife."

Me:  "No, Robert's your best friend.  One day you'll find a GIRL that you like a lot and you'll ask her to marry you and she'll be your wife."

Adam:  "One day when I grow bigger."

Me: "Right."

Adam: "Well, where's the girl store?"

Me: "Hmm.  I don't know!  We'll have to keep looking for it."

Adam: "Well, the dog store is close-by.  So if the dog store is close-by and the girl store is close-by, how will I know which is which?"

Me: "Well, it's tough.  Sometimes you don't know.  Sometimes you wake up and realize you've been to the dog store."