Five more minutes and then we stop.
What?!
Five more minutes...
No! [As Henry accidentally throws a sledge hammer away, crashes] That's our chimney, you're gonna destroy the whole roof?!
Mom, we have to replace the chimney with a slide for when the storks deliver my baby brother.
What he said.
No. Don't be crazy. You cannot do the chimney. Come on, don't make me the mean mom.
Dads are fun, moms are mean.
I heard that!
Parent conference. [As she pinches Henry's ear]
Pinching.
Henry, people are gonna think we're crazy. We need to tell him.
Tell him what? What, to go watch more TV? This is the best time I've had with Nate in my life. I actually feel like a dad again.
And when no baby brother shows up?
Well, then we tell him. We can get a new chimney, but we'll never be able to replace this time with Nate. And if we put those headsets back on, how old will Nate be when we take them off again?
I'm not a jerky teenager yet. Fleeting moments, precious memories.


