An Exchange
Me (surveying a very cluttered bookshelf top where Emma keeps her finished art projects): We have a problem here.
Matt (looking over at the bookshelf): What?
Me: Do you see the bookshelf?
Matt: Yes…
Me: Doesn’t it look awfully cluttered?
Matt: Well…
Me (pointing to the bookshelf): Is this what we want to be encouraging our children to do?
Matt: No, it isn’t. But I am the one who arranged it like that because Emma was moving too slowly.
Me (laughing): Oh, well, oops.
At least I know where she gets it from… ![]()