Patterico's Pontifications

6/17/2007

A Father’s Day Conversation with My Four-Year-Old Son Matthew

Filed under: General, Humor, Real Life — Patterico @ 11:03 am

Matthew: Shake hands with me, Daddy!

Me: [Shakes hands with Matthew.]

Matthew: Isn’t it sticky?

Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. And a special Happy Father’s Day to my Dad, who would have loved to have been around to shake Matthew’s hand — even if it was sticky.

8 Comments

  1. Isn’t it great to be outsmarted by your 4-year-old? One of life’s best moments.

    Comment by DRJ — 6/17/2007 @ 11:34 am

  2. It is amazing how much their intellectual capability expands between three and four years of age. And how one’s gray hairs proliferate during that same time. :)

    Comment by Alan Kellogg — 6/17/2007 @ 11:45 am

  3. Lucky you. My 18-month-old celebrated Father’s Day by getting into the “child-proof” bottle of Advil stashed in the bedside stand. I’ll take sticky hands over activated-charcoal poo any day.

    Comment by I'm Geekier — 6/17/2007 @ 12:32 pm

  4. You sure that’s not grounds for an emergency room visit?

    Comment by Patterico — 6/17/2007 @ 12:43 pm

  5. Geekier,

    I know about activated charcoal. We had a vet/ER visit for a dog that ate chocolate. It’s no fun and I’m glad your baby is okay.

    Comment by DRJ — 6/17/2007 @ 1:24 pm

  6. Happy Father’s Day, Patrick. I remember how beautiful, brilliant and sweet your kids are. Give each of them a kiss for me.

    Comment by baldilocks — 6/17/2007 @ 4:05 pm

  7. Patterico:

    the wife is an ER doc, and she was my first call, so it’s all good.

    Comment by I'm Geekier — 6/18/2007 @ 5:47 am

  8. Only 4 years old and he already knows what to do sounds like a conservative kid

    Comment by krazy kagu — 6/20/2007 @ 7:34 am

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