I had some extra time this morning -- Isaac was sleeping and we didn't have to get Melissa or Rachel ready for church -- and I was leafing through a
Calvin & Hobbes book. For a guy with no kids himself, Watterson sure nails six year old boys. Of course some things are mixed in from older ages, but the resemblance is eerie. I read them out loud, substituting "Matthew" for "Calvin," and Rachel and I laughed hysterically. (Matthew didn't approve, of course. He does
not think he is funny,
at all.)
Like Calvin, Matthew is prone to exaggeration. "Never" and "anything" are very popular with him. So is "always."
Rachel and I refer to this one whenever the kids are "tired sick" (as opposed to "moaning and yelling sick"). Like Melissa today.
And when Matthew gets a shot, it goes remarkably like this. Only with less aggression and more tears.
