“I’m taking a day’s leave tomorrow, and taking mum out. We won’t be here when you get back from school- there’s a pizza in the fridge. We’ll be eating in a restaurant that DOESN’T serve breaded chicken. Enjoy your triple maths lesson.”
@LH – To be fair, there are occasions where that happens (few and far between, though). And to be more fair, my daughter has never been a Chicken Nuggets kind of girl. (Indeed, she’s usually the one ordering the lobster.)
Three words: "year round school."
Although here in California, year round schools have become less prevalent as the public school population continues to decline.
+John E. Bredehoft Yeah, but she'd still be getting 3-4 week breaks multiple times per year.
“I’m taking a day’s leave tomorrow, and taking mum out. We won’t be here when you get back from school- there’s a pizza in the fridge. We’ll be eating in a restaurant that DOESN’T serve breaded chicken. Enjoy your triple maths lesson.”
@LH – To be fair, there are occasions where that happens (few and far between, though). And to be more fair, my daughter has never been a Chicken Nuggets kind of girl. (Indeed, she’s usually the one ordering the lobster.)
Skype conversation
Issy “What are you having for dinner?”
#2 son “Pizza”
Issy “Are your parents going out again?”
Me to wife “Are we bad parents?”