Day 231/365: Spiderman's House

[nanila]

Late this afternoon, Humuhumu and I built a Lego Ferrari kit (with female driver!) whilst Keiki and the bloke went for a walk.

Humuhumu had nearly finished placing all the decals when I noticed that it was nearly supper time. I also noticed that the bloke had left his phone on the table next to us, so we couldn't ring and let him know he was about to miss out on an excellent bowl of chilli.

Before we could panic, however, Keiki came dashing in.

"Ah, just in time! Where have you been?" I asked.
"Spiderman's house," Keiki replied.

I think I managed to receive this information without changing facial expression.

"Oh, great! How is Spiderman?"
"Good."
"Did you have anything to drink at Spiderman's house?"
"Lemonade."
"Did you have anything to eat at Spiderman's house?"
"Peanuts. But not dinner. He didn't have any dinner today."
"I see."
"Daddy said to tell you he had lemonade too."
"Did Daddy have lemonade?"
"No, he had beer."

Comments

[worlds_of_smoke]

Ah, children. XD

[nanila]

So honest. :D

[angelofthenorth]

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing

[nanila]

Aw, thanks for saying so. I hope one day the expression enters the vernacular.

[alatefeline]

Mwahahaha. Hello, Spiderman.

[nanila]

Spiderman is, apparently, always available for a little relaxing drink and snack hangout. Or at least, between the hours of noon and 11 PM. :D

[meepettemu]

*smirk*

[nanila]

That didn't entirely go to plan, but Keiki gave it a good go. ;)

[omnipotent]

Hahahaha. Nice try, Daddy.

[nanila]

It almost worked, except (a) I already knew what "Spiderman's house" actually was and (b) Keiki's incorrigible honesty.

[st_aurafina]

Dobbed in!! Poor Daddy - he tried.

[nanila]

Heh. Keiki loves talking about Spiderman's house. Today he told me quite seriously that he and Daddy thought about going to Spiderman's house whilst Humuhumu and I were painting pottery, but they decided to go to the playground instead. :D

[wohali]

This my favourite story of the week. Thank you for making me laugh out loud! :D

[nanila]

You're welcome. :D

[kotturinn]

Excellent!

[nanila]

It was a valiant effort. :D

[lurkingcat]

Heh! Truthful Keiki :)

[nanila]

I suspect this story will become part of family lore.

[pbristow]

Haha!!! =:oD

[nanila]

He did his best! :D

[cmcmck]

There must be a pub somewhere hereabouts called 'Spiderman's House'. :oD

[nanila]

If there isn't, there should be.

[silveradept]

Good child, being honest. Although I'm trying to remember which part of a previous post it was where the local pub became Spiderman's house...

[nanila]

I don't think I've mentioned it before here? It's a euphemism that a friend of the bloke's likes to use. :D

[silveradept]

Ah. I wonder how it got that particular name, then. Seems like the opposite of something you would use to discourage smallings from being interested in it...

[nanila]

I think this friend is quite keen to encourage his smallings to be interested in going to Spiderman's house for drinks and snacks, heh!