Today's Bot Quote

So, I had Bot doing his math in the dining room while Alex was with me in the kitchen because Alex likes to read his word problems out loud and that is excuse enough for Bot to claim he's "too distracted."  After washing some pots and getting Alex almost all the way through the lesson, I decided to go to the dining room to see how much Bot had accomplished in twenty minutes.  The answer was--not much.

 

"Is this all you've gotten done?"

 

Bot turned to stare up at me and said in a very plaintive, tiny voice,"Are you mad at me?"

 

"Are you manipulating me with those big puppy-eyes?"

 

He held his puppy-dog stare, then gave a long blink that used his long lashes and big eyes to the best advantage and, with the barest hint of a suppressed smile, said in a sweet little voice,"Trying to....Is it working?"