Mar’i [5 years old]: *watches as a group of adults “ooooh” and “awww” over a little girl and a little boy holding hands in a playground* Are you gonna be this cool when I like a boy?
Kori: Well –
Dick: No, not a chance.
Mar’i [5 years old]: *watches as a group of adults “ooooh” and “awww” over a little girl and a little boy holding hands in a playground* Are you gonna be this cool when I like a boy?
Kori: Well –
Dick: No, not a chance.
Mar’i: *cradling a dead bird and sobbing*
Jason: I’ve been through this before, Sweetheart. When your Uncle Damian was fourteen, I was supposed to take care of his parakeet. It got out and flew into a fan. It was like a bloody pillow fight.
Mar’i: DAAAADDDDYYY!!!
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In which Dick (reluctantly) reconsiders caffeine-addicted Uncle Tim for babysitting.
Mar’i: *cradling a dead bird and sobbing*
Jason: I’ve been through this before, Sweetheart. When your Uncle Damian was fourteen, I was supposed to take care of his parakeet. It got out and flew into a fan. It was like a bloody pillow fight.
Mar’i: DAAAADDDDYYY!!!
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In which Dick (reluctantly) reconsiders caffeine-addicted Uncle Tim for babysitting.
Dick excitedly telling Tim about the new outfit he bought for baby Mar’i…
Tim: “Saddle shoes with denim”? I will literally call Protective Services.