Dad: “How was school, guys?”
H: “Good, we had library today. Our librarian is really nice.”
Dad: “That is great to hear… what else did you learn today?”
C: “We had to learn to make two’s with a tail.”
Dad: “Oh, with the loop in the end instead of the flat line?”
C: “They aren’t real twos?”
Dad: “What do you mean?”
H: “And they’re hard to make!”
C: “Yeah! Really hard!”
C: “A real two you make by making a half C, then a slanted line, then a straight line!”
H: “Yeah… these are different and hard.”
C: “They aren’t real twos.”
H: “Look at that license plate… that is a real two.”
D: “Yeah, I see what you mean.”
C: “A real one… half C, slanted line, flat line. They are hard.”
H: “You have to do almost a real two, but then add a tail curl thing.”
C: “They aren’t real twos.”
H: “That speed limit sign has a real two.”
Dad: “Why do they want you to make fake twos?”
C: “They aren’t real…. a half C, a slanted line, a flat line.”
H: “Oh yeah, Dad. We forgot to turn in my library book.”
(sniff) I know that God prepares us moms for these days when we must send our children off, but it is silly how I can forget all of that as I am driving off, sobbing. Of course I wasn’t able to run the errands I needed to because I couldn’t control MY emotions. 
