Another Goober Parent Update

For Sweet Pea's birthday party, we had all of our family over.

So . . . in the same room we have my parents and my in-laws.

It was the Perfect Storm.

Here are the cast of characters:

Mom:

Dad:

MIL (Mother in Law)

FIL (Father in Law)

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Mom:  Guess what I got Grant (my dad) for Christmas?

FIL: No idea.

Mom: A Kindle.

MIL:  Really?  Neat!  What's that?

FIL:  A what?

Mom:  A Kindle.  It's an electronic reader.

FIL:  What?

Mom:  You download books and read them on there.

FIL: Why?

Mom:  Well . . . because.

FIL:  Does it read them to you?

Mom:  It can.  Or you can read them.

FIL: How is that better than books?

Mom:  It's faster.  And you don't need to be connected to the internet. We already have one on there. Grant!

Dad:  Huh?

Mom:  Grant . . . tell them how easy it was to download the book.

Dad:  I don't know.  Meagan did it for me.  I don't know what she did.

*Interruption:  Meagan is my technologically-savvy sister . . .

We are complete opposites . . . for more on Meagan click here*

Mom:  So you don't know how to do it?

Dad: No!

Mom: Wonderful.

FIL:  So, what is it again?

Mom:  It's like an IPod for books.

FIL:  Speaking of Ipods, have you seen these alarm clocks for Ipods?

Everyone has a blank stare.

 

FIL:  Why would I need an IPod on my radio?  Does the IPod play the radio?

 

Me:  Do you mean a docking station?

 

FIL:  I don't know.  I don't need it.  I just need the radio.

 

Enter sister-in-law into the conversation.  Not Lisa, the regularly mentioned sister-in-law.  My other sister-in-law, Tonya.

 

Tonya:  Better be careful what you say.  She might write about you in her blog.

 

FIL: Blog?  Oh, yeah.  The blog.  Well, I wouldn't even know how to find it.

 

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And that concludes this installment of Goober Parent Updates.