Note to Self: "Watch Your Mouth Around the Kids!"

The other night we were sitting at the dinner table having conversation and something to eat. Ian was obsessed with telling us how much he did not like the snow peas I had served. I kept telling him it was o.k. if he didn't like them. The point was, he had TRIED them, and that was enough.

Finally, Steve slipped into his best Qui-Gon impersonation to get Ian's attention. Slowly, he waved his hand before Ian's face and spoke with gentle authority:

"You will not be required to eat your snow peas, young Jedi."

Ian looked confused. Why would his father command him NOT to eat his vegetables. This must be a mistake. So Ian kept arguing about whether or not he would be consuming the already pulverized pea.

Again, Steve waved his hand before Ian's face and spoke, this time with a slightly more aggressive tone:

"Young man, you don't have to eat the snow peas!"

Without skipping a beat, Ian waved his snow pea-less hand before his father's face and said:

"You will stop being a pain in the ass."

If someone had duct taped my mouth closed, I could not have stifled my laughter. Steve exploded in guffaws as well. There was no way we were going to be able to make this into a "no using foul language" discussion. It was just too hysterically funny.