I am Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges. It is a dark and non-stormy night.
Me: Excuse me. It is 6 o’clock in the morning.
Stella: It is dark outside. Why is it dark outside? Where is the sun? Why did you wake me up at this unreasonable hour?
Me: I did not wake you up at this unreasonable hour. You woke me up.
Stella: Why did I wake you up at this unreasonable hour? Oh, I remember. Potty.
Doodlebug: Breakfast call! Breakfast call! Breakfast call!
Me: Okay, I hear you, Doodle.
Doodlebug: Breakfast call! Breakfast call! Breakfast call!
Me: All right, Doodle! I hear you!
Doodlebug: Breakfast call! Breakfast…
Stella: Potty call comes first! Coming through! Running out!
Me: Here’s your breakfast. And your breakfast. And your breakfast. And your breakfast. And Stella’s breakfast.
Tiger: Why are we eating in the dark?
Me: Ask Stella and Doodlebug.
Tiger: Doodle, why did call breakfast so early?
Doodlebug: My stomach said it was the right thing to do.
Miss Sweetie: But I don’t want to potty in the dark.
Me: Then just run outside and run back in. The outside light is on.
Wiggles: It’s no different than pottying in the sun, Sweetie. The landmarks are all the same.
Tiger: Doodlebug should not be calling breakfast. I should be.
Wiggles: If we waited for that, Tiger, we would never have breakfast.
Doodlebug: Besides, my voice is bigger because my head is bigger.
Me: Doodle, do you realize that about 2 weeks ago, it would have been 5 o’clock in the morning right now instead of 6 a.m.?
Doodlebug: No.
Me: What I mean is you are going the wrong way. Breakfast is getting earlier and earlier.
Doodlebug: Earlier breakfast. That doesn’t sound wrong to me.
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