Today was Wednesday.  We usually play with our friends EB and CB on Wednesday mornings.  The kids are pretty used to it and Geetle will tell me when its the right day.  Well, today I had to work, so how could we go play.  Mamaw was here to babysit and I was working in the basement.  This is why I like my Mom Friends…..they don’t mind if I send a proxy.  Mamaw met EB, CB and their Mom at the Tubes to play and have lunch.  Everyone had a good time.

I think its cool that my friend and my Mother in Law can have a playdate and have fun.   Kids are really the glue that holds society together.  You know how they say when all else fails, talk about the weather?  Well, I never get to that point.  No matter what, you can pretty much always talk about kids.   Everyone either has a kid, wants a kid, knows a kid or saw an interesting kid at the Jewel.   If I was trapped in a broken elevator with another person for 24 hours, I bet we could pass the time talking about kids.   I swear some people at work bait me into telling them kid stories.   Everyone likes a good kid story.  Some of my most requested stories:

• The time Pookie took out his own stitches.
• The time Pookie dumped a 5lb bag of flour on the kitchen floor because he “make waffles.”
• How Geetle won’t eat “the Queso”.
• How Geetle has gotten stitches twice in the past 2 years.
• The time Pookie stole a pair of pants from Carson Pirie Scott.
• What it looked like when 1 1/2 year old Pookie used to box with the cat.
• The times we had to go back and find Geetle’s Little Clifford doll when she would leave him all over town or include him in the headcount as we packed up and made sure we were all ready to leave anywhere.

If I ever run for President, I am going to turn every campaign lecture or reporter’s question in to a kid story.

Q:  Senator BAGM, what is your exit strategy for the War in Iraq?

A:  Well, I find that it is best to plan the night before, pack up what you can but leave room in your plans for flexibility.  I remember the time we packed up all the Christmas presents to take to Grandma’s house the next day.  Next thing you know, Pookie and Geetle were unwrapping them by the front door.   We had to change the plan, things weren’t as tidy, but we still got those presents to Grandma’s.

Q:  Do you think the current economic recession is a result of the sub-prime mortgage boom and crash?

A:   One thing always leads to another.  Certain things do make you more vulnerable to future troubles.  Its like the time we gave Pookie a dry erase board.  Next thing you know, he was scribbling on anything flat and shiny to see if it was one too.

Q:  How can we encourage the current enthusiasm for green products and energy conservation?

A:   You have to make it fun.  At Geetle’s school they have a compost bin for their garden.  What does Geetle know about it?  Two things.  One, you are cool if your mom sends you on the bus with a bag of banana peels for the teacher.  Two, worms poop in it.  Other than that, nothing.  But those two things are enough to keep us collecting banana peels.