Dinner at the Davises

Our family is the blending of two great families--the Davis and the Stott. Davises are talkers (particularly my Davis). Stotts love to share a good story. Bring those genetics together, and you have a dinner table of nonstop chatter. Chris decided to implement conversational turn taking at the table in hopes of restoring sanity.

Chris: "Deacon, you have the first turn. What did you do today?"

Deacon: "I fell down, and a laser broke off my arm!"

Chris: "What did you do, Kodie?"

Me: "I played in the snow with the kids. Deacon wanted someone to be the bad guy, so he could throw snowballs at him. I had to be the bad guy. Unfortunately, Deacon couldn't make snowballs himself, so that was my job, too. I handed him a snowball. He said, 'Thank you, Bad Guy.' Then he threw the snowball at me, and the process repeated itself."

Chris: "How was your day, McKay?"

McKay: "First I went to dance class. Then--"

Parker: "Did you know Henry the VIII beheaded two of his wives?"

Chris: "Not your turn!"

Parker: "But it's so disgusting!"

McKay: "Then I went to the library."

Parker: "Deacon's sucking on the salt shaker."

McKay: "Then we went to Costco. Then I played in the snow."

Chris: "My turn. I had a lot of meetings. And each meeting gave me more work."

Deacon laughs hysterically.

Chris: "I'm glad someone finds that funny."

Chris: "Parker?"

Parker: "First, I woke up. And then I went downstairs. Then mom asked me if I wanted a bagel or grapefruit for breakfast, but I wanted a cookie. Then mom said to go upstairs and get in the shower."

Chris: "This is going to take all night."

Me: "Just let him go."

Parker (drones on for a few more minutes): "....then I volunteered at the Red Cross. Then I ate pizza for lunch..."

Chris: "Deacon's salting his neck."

I looked over, and yes, indeed, Deacon had the salt shaker and was generously salting his neck.

Me: "Are you salting your neck, Deacon?"

Deacon laughs and begins salting his ear.

Parker: "...and then I finished my snow fort, came inside, and ate dinner. The end."