Daddy? Why Are You…
11:15 pm. Last night. Completely ignoring any sence of good parenting and spending 2 quiet hours along with my 4 year old…
Seanna – Daddy! Sohaila brought this book home from the libraberry today. Can you read it to me?
Me – Yea baby. Daddy LOVES That book. Ready?
Seanna – Yea Daddy.
And so I began…”Once there was a tree… and she loved a little boy.”
Seanna was mesmerized. She sat in complete silence for the entire read. Not distracted by a thing. I felt the world stop so I could share with my middle child this story of love. This story of redemption. And she was captivated by the vibrancy of every word I shared.
Me – Seanna. What did you think of the story? Seanna? Seanna? Are you awake?
Seanna – Yes daddy.
Me – Baby. What did the story tell you?
Seanna – I don’t know daddy…but…but…
Me – But what baby?
Seanna – Why is your picture on the back of the book?
Los
RAIN IT DOWN
That’s great! My mom had to take the jacket off that book when I was a kid because that guy freaked me out. Now maybe I can stop trying to figure out who you remind me of!
HA!
Can’t say I ran into that problem when discussing it with my 4yo… ~:-)
I LOVE the honesty of 4-year-olds!
Very funny post. You actually made me laugh out loud. My daughter turned 4 today and she thinks Jesus is one of the Geico Cavemen.
haha!
yeah, we covered up the picture on the back too so that abs wouldn’t be scared.
LOL… THAT is too funny. Love those moments you will never forget.
Ok I’ve always wondered this: WHY would you put that man on the back of a children’s book. What a creepy looking guy. I think he might jump out and attack whoever reads it.
AAAAHAHAHAHAHA priceless!
mwahahahahahahaha!!!!
That’s awesome.
freakin hilarious
It’s the bald head and the beard nothing else looks the same don’t worry carlos. = )
hahaaa
Wow, maybe in 20 years if you’re very angry for most of that time
LOL! I love Shel Silverstein so much!!
That’s AWEsome. I love the minds of kids.
Hahaha….I read your book as a kid, Los!
Too funny! And, I have to agree, that is a pretty scary picture…wonder why they have it so blown up like that…usually the authors pic is on the inside flap or at least a lot smaller on the back. I’m also surprised that the cover is still on, considering it’s in the library..99 percent of the time, the covers come up missing or ripped or whatever.
This made my day…HILARIOUS!
Oh, I needed that laugh today…thanks.
INcredible. She has a good eye!
HA! I was totally expecting some deep moment. Ummmm…no. Awesome!
LOL —Hilarious. Los-Shel
Laugh Out Loud Funny!
And wow, she’s observant.
You could only dream of such beard-dom. Great post.
hahaha!
That’s rough.
This is kind of like a conversation that my wife and I had about things I believed as a kid… they were crazy. I’m going to go write about a few of them.
When did you have that beard? And why were you so angry? : )
How funny. You gotta love a kids train of thought and those precious words that follow that thought.
i’m sorry!
Ah… Shel Silverstein… vedy, vedy nice! You do kinda look like him…
Oh, that is hillarious!
It is a great book to read to your children though…
This is a hilarious story! I just burst into laughter! I called my son over and asked him if you look like Shel Silverstein. Yes, he said you look “just like him : )”
Hi Shel. ROFL!!!!
You read your daughter my favorite book. It makes me cry every single time I read it even though I practically know it by heart.
ROFL!!
oh look it’s yo brotha from anotha motha….
oh that was very funny!! she probably stared at that picture the entire time you read. LOL!!
Sputter..sputter…the train of Divine inspiration derails because of the obvious. Love it!
We have this book at our pastor’s house.
One of the kids that attend our Family Night on Thursday nights at his house is terrified of that picture.
Somehow it always gets stuck on the refrigerator.
Very funny.
Oh and p.s., I’m not saying you’re terrifying. Sorry.
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I lol’d.
HaHa.. Thats great
That is so funny!!! Kids say the best things!
Wow. That just cracked me up! I can’t even make it through that book without crying so I was totally prepared for this emotional moment between the two of you…good stuff.
BWAHAHAHA! WHO KNEW?!?!?!
That is pretty stinkin’ hillarious! I will say though… your teeth look way better than his! and you are more photogenic!
Carlos, thank you thank you thank you for that laugh. i needed it MORE than you could ever know. first sohalia thought you were shrek. now seanna thinks you’re that crazy looking guy. can’t wait to see who losiah tags you to be!! love it.
That was so great!!
hahaha!
(hmmmm. i didn’t know mr. t wrote that book.)
Wow thats great,I think Shel Silverstein would think this was wonderful.
LOL. hilarious!
gotta love shel. rip.
That is soooo funny..
wow. sup shel?
I literally laughed out loud as quietly as I could b/c I’m in the school’s computer lab. this is priceless.
I love that book.
OM goodness. Thanks, I just spewed o.j. all over my lap top…
That was hi-lar-ious!!!
Love shel silverstein, love that book!
Thank you for sharing…
That is too funny! I remember sitting in the middle of church service several years ago, when my pastor’s 3yr.old daughter pointed at the front of a hand-fan which had Martin Luther King, Jr.’s picture on it. I can still hear the pleasure in her voice as she grinned and looked up at her mom saying, “Daddy!”
The pastor’s wife was quick to rebuke her and say, “That’s not your Daddy!” while taking the fan away from her child. The little girl insisted it was her father and tried to get the fan back from where her mother had placed it. Of course, I giggled quite a bit over the scene.
A few weeks later when we were in church and the child starting acting fussy wanting to go see her Daddy, I picked up one of the MLK fans and handed it to her and said, “Here he is.” HaHAAAA! I still get tickled thinking of it.
That is great