Feeding The Battery Monster

Have you ever had a conversation with one of your children that just struck you as funny? We had one of these yesterday.

TJ – I need to speak to you about my battery needs.

me – Your what?

TJ – My battery needs.

me (after I stop giggling) – What battery needs?

TJ – We need more batteries. I have to keep switching batteries from one thing to another.

me – Did you look in the refrigerator?

TJ – Yes but there are none in there.

me – We had two 8 packs.

TJ – Yeah, I know but I used them.

me (huh? 16 batteries in less than two weeks? speechless for a moment.) – Are you eating them?

TJ – You’re not funny Mom.

me – I’m not trying to be funny, I’m trying to figure out where the batteries went.

TJ – All of my stuff NEEDS batteries. I NEED batteries.

me – I NEED to know that what things we NEED and why we NEED them in order to buy them.

TJ – Oh yeah, I guess you do.

Apparently he feels he needs batteries about as much as we know we need replacement windows.

Tags: batteries, Cooks, here and there, TJ

Category: Family