Promoted to Dad

This is what a lot of our conversations sound like: Daughter: “Can I tell you what happened in My Little Pony?” Me: “Sure” Daughter: “So first princess Celestia calls all the ponies to Ponyville. Oh and Rarity, she’s making a new dress for her friend. Oh and Twilight Sparkle .. “ Me: “You have five sentences” Daughter: “Ten” My wife: “Seven” (I’m already angry about this because I would have stuck to five) I want her to learn two seemingly conflicting skills. The ability to summarize and the ability to tell a story; not five sentences that may or may not be connected. I also want two seemingly conflicting things for myself! I want to listen to all her stories in great detail, but also have time to have my own thoughts. Everyone tells me that when she’s a teenager, I won’t be able to get more than a couple of syllables from her. I hate that thought. On the other hand, I also dream about dinners where we’re talking about the news or discussing some ideas, or just enjoying the food in si...