Q & A (Miscellaneous questions, some pertaining to fish.)
Q. If you are taking your family of six to a Japanese restaurant, and you are offered the “private booth,” which does not allow for seat-belted high chairs, should you accept?
A. Yes! Nothing adds excitement to your dining experience like having a 15-month-old run 50 times around the table, falling loudly on about half his revolutions, intermittently grabbing and throwing handfuls of cabbage and rice. For added drama, order dishes that will burn the baby’s hands if he touches them, so you will have to keep moving them out of his reach every 10 seconds. For even more fun, bring along a 3-year-old who won’t stay in her place for more than thirty seconds at a time, and a 10-year-old who reads a book the entire time and refuses to eat even plain rice.
Q. What about the 7-year-old? Will I also wish I left her at home?
A. She might get in an adventurous mood, try everything you order, and decide she likes sushi. You will have a new favorite partner for Japanese-food outings.
Q. Do betta fish like whole wheat bread?
A. This is a great experiment to try if you are three years old, since it gives you the additional learning experience of seeing how quickly your Mom can grab a net, dechlorinate a small pitcher of water, get the betta fish out of the bowl and into the new water, and then change out all the betta’s bready water. Bonus: You can also find out whether wheat bread kills bettas.
(Results of experiment: 1) The fish will eat as much of the wheat bread as he can before your mother intervenes; 2) Your mother will demonstrate astonishing speed at fish-rescuing; 3) Although the ultimate fate of the fish is unknown at publication date, so far he is still behaving like a normal, living fish.)
Q. If on Wednesday you are invited to sing a duet with your daughter in Sacrament Meeting the following Sunday, should you accept?
A. Yes! This gives fate the opportunity to play a fun trick on you when you come down with sneezes and a sore throat on Thursday.
Q. Could you go on writing fake questions and answers all night?
A. Yes, this is why I now have a blog. But I’m also (as aforementioned) sick with sneezes and a sore throat, so, actually, no.
