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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Who wrote this this morning? Let me see you uh
oh Rufio wrote this. So I spend a lot of time.
I'm semi fantasizing about the time when Polly is old
enough to start doing cool things that interest me, and
then I hope interest her, you know what I mean. Like,
and this is not even my kid, Okay, I treat
(00:22):
this kid like in my mind like it's my kid,
even though I don't do any of the hard work
of parenting. Which is probably add to my sister's annoyance
with me, is that, you know, basically, I get all
the benefits of parenting without any of the non benefits
of parenting. But that's what uncles and aunts do and grandparents, right,
that's what we're supposed to do. But I think about
(00:43):
going to Cubs games with her. I think about flying.
I think about the fact that little girl is getting
her pilot's license, whether she wants to or not, because
her because her uncle went to you know, Duluth, Minnesota
for weeks on end to become a flight instructor. Unbeknounced
to her she was a fetus basically. But I'm like, no,
I'm going to become a flight instructor so in eighteen
years I can teach her how to fly. I might
even be dead, who knows what's gonna happen. But I
(01:04):
mean all kinds of I can't wait till she comes
and visits me without her parents. Like I'm so excited
about all of this. I'm also excited for her to
have an interest in like toys and different things that
I also like, so I have an excuse to go
and buy all these things. And I've said this to
you about Ashland too, like when he's ready, like when
I don't know if he's into whatever, and I'm I
don't really know a lot about toys and video games,
(01:24):
but like I don't know puzzles and card games and
models are cool, and remote control stuff like I will
buy remote control stuff for your kid just so that
I can play with it, And I'll buy whatever. It's
the same way that I want to buy you a
riding lawnmower so I could ride, so I could finally
live my dream of go with the cup holder and
the whole thing. Okay, but you were playing over the weekend,
(01:47):
was it, Plato? Yeah, m hm, and you were digging it.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Yeah, I mean, yeah, he has he had like a
couple of small little thing containers of play though, and
then we were at Target over the weekend and he
just saw the platoisle.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
He's just like his eyes.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Like lit up, and I was like, let's get the
basic one, the one you just squeeze and like it
used to come out looking like spaghetti.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Whatevert smell of him? Right, yeah, very DECI six colors.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
So yesterday we just spent like hours and hours of
we had like a little rest of around.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
You know, he's cutting in spaghetti, but he just wanted
to make spaghetti. He didn't want to make anything else.
What about this shape too?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
So it was like a lot of fun, like just
reminiscing like I remember doing this as a kid, like
playing hours and hours of playto making sandwiches or doing whatever,
making the stencils they came with it, or the stamps.
So it was a lot of fun and he enjoyed
and I enjoyed it.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
So yeah, it was really cool. What was it? What
is the thing that either as in the I don't know,
it could be a big brother, big sister and uncle
parent that your kid's into and basically you're more into
it than the kid is or you're more excited to
play than the kid is at this point, because I
feel like that's what's going to happen is I'm gonna
be so stoked about all these toys more probably than
(03:00):
she will be, Yeah, or Ashton will be.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
I grew up loving Lego and used to build the
sets and everything, like follow the instructions.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
That's why I think I like Ikia too. It's like
growing up.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
It's like growing up Lego, you know, follow instructions, build it.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
He's not at that level yet.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Like we'll buy a little small kit and he just
wants to just build whatever and just destroy it. I'm like, no,
you gotta follow the instructions, so we're not We're not.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
That's all I ever did. Yeah. Now, even as a
grown up, the Legos that have like instructions you have
to follow, they stress me out. It's too much. There's
too much pressure. It's like step by step instruction. And
you would think there's someone like me who's like Taipei
and OCD. You'd think I would be like you think
I would dig it because it's super satisfying at the end,
But I don't know. I look at all the little
packages a little plastic things, and I'm like, oh God,
(03:45):
how is this all going to come together? And then
for some reason, I always have extra parts and I
don't think you're supposed do they do? They give you
extra you? Sure they do. Yeah, but that's what people
are saying that Legos eight five five five one three
five Legos they pump up the adult Still. I remember
I used to love building a little pillow forts too
with blankets. I tear up the entire living room and
make the six. I'm way too big for that now,
(04:07):
but I probably still would do it if I could.
Like in my house, I probably would still do it.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
He takes all of our couch cushions and plays Floors Lava.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Oh yeah, we just covered the dead.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Show on Netflix is a show called Floors Game Show.
There's a lot of It's a really cool show. And
so he just throws all the cushions everywhere and just
jumping and flipping.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
He's like, Floor's Lava. Dad, get off the floor. Like, okay, yeah,
you got a bunch of nieces and nephews.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Yes for me, you know, it's getting them karaoke microphones,
So I get everything one. As soon as they can talk,
I get them a karaoke microphone and then their parents
curse me out. But I enjoy like doing karaoke with them,
letting them sing, find their voice is what I like
to call it.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
But yeah, I always give the kids a microphone and
let them find their voice. Yeah, give them microphone. Leave. Yeah, yes,
you don't have to hear about it. Yeah, but they
gave somebody gave my sister or my niece a little
karaoke thing and a microphone that got reverb on it
and stuff, and she talks into it, and she's like
then she like sort of is so proud of herself,
like her they kind of like her uncle like talks
(05:09):
into the microphone and then she's sort of like god,
a smile on her face, like yeah, that's right, Yeah
I just did that. But yeah, yeah, I don't think
it's loud enough. Though. I think I need to get
her some professional gear here pretty soon. I mean it's time.
I think it's time to two and a half. I
think it's time to sign a teacher a trade. Yes, teacher,
a skill that will make her not a lot of
money and make her really frustrated and have to get
(05:32):
up early in the morning for the rest of her,
maybe I won't do that shrinky drink. What's a shrinky drink?
Shrinky drink? My friend and I both thirty, went to
Harry Potter at water Tower and had a blast. But
all the kids who I went with said it was
just okay. Yeah, see that makes sense, it's perfect. I'm
(05:52):
ashamed to admit how much money I spent on legos
per month and I'm thirty eight years old. No shame
in that. No, the light bosome sets Oh my light bright,
I missed my light bright. They sell it again that target.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
What's old becomes new, what gets in the nostalgia isle.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
I'm like, oh my god, well that's the other thing.
If you have an old light bright, like, don't let
the kid play with that. It's probably worth something. I
don't get them the new one. Hey Aaron, good morning.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Hi, good morning.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
I love.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Happy Monday. So yeah, it's not me. It's actually my
older brother, my nephew. He's so so cut, he's a
year and a half. But my older brother has like
this obsession with like and I know they have like
the adult ones that you were just talking about, and
he actually sends them to my husband and I'm like,
weally can't handle it. We just like good time we're
doing it and tell my kids because it stresses us out.
(06:46):
But anyway, long story short, he has built shelves. He
has spent hours and hours building shelves in his home.
But he can have like he's basically built all of
New York CUDI in his freaking two bendroom apartment. And
when my nephew is old enough, it's gonna be like,
I don't even know if he's going.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
To play Wow, he doesn't like that your brother. Is
he sexually active or no?
Speaker 4 (07:15):
But maybe I should check on that.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
I don't know, Like I mean, I think it's gonna
go one way or the other. I think that's a
very polar reaction from a woman or a man or
whatever he's into. If you go over to somebody's house
and they have extensive lego collections as an adult, I
think either that's gonna be like wildly popular with somebody
or they're going to be like this dude is a dork.
We don't need to.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
Talk about my brother's polar reaction.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Yeah, that's fair enough. Fair enough, you have a great day. Okay,
by guys, Thank you for Lizzie so much. Archaeologist sets,
what the hell has a shrinky drink? Mister potato head family,
potato had to. I had the whole family, per soakers,
(08:00):
nerve guns, hot wheels. This is also the adults are
digen that they buy for their kids. Now, easy bake ovens.
That was my favorite. My mom bought my needs an
easy bake oven, I think, and she's like, I don't,
my mom, I don't think that's a I think it's dangerous.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
That's called undercooked batter eater because it was never fully cooked,
never hours.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
They meant shrinky kinky, I think twice. It says drinks,
What are we introducing I shrinky drinks? That's what happens
to my drinks. On Sunday at five o'clock for family dinner,
they get smaller
Who wrote this this morning? Let me see you uh
oh Rufio wrote this. So I spend a lot of time.
I'm semi fantasizing about the time when Polly is old
enough to start doing cool things that interest me, and
then I hope interest her, you know what I mean. Like,
and this is not even my kid, Okay, I treat
(00:22):
this kid like in my mind like it's my kid,
even though I don't do any of the hard work
of parenting. Which is probably add to my sister's annoyance
with me, is that, you know, basically, I get all
the benefits of parenting without any of the non benefits
of parenting. But that's what uncles and aunts do and grandparents, right,
that's what we're supposed to do. But I think about
(00:43):
going to Cubs games with her. I think about flying.
I think about the fact that little girl is getting
her pilot's license, whether she wants to or not, because
her because her uncle went to you know, Duluth, Minnesota
for weeks on end to become a flight instructor. Unbeknounced
to her she was a fetus basically. But I'm like, no,
I'm going to become a flight instructor so in eighteen
years I can teach her how to fly. I might
even be dead, who knows what's gonna happen. But I
(01:04):
mean all kinds of I can't wait till she comes
and visits me without her parents. Like I'm so excited
about all of this. I'm also excited for her to
have an interest in like toys and different things that
I also like, so I have an excuse to go
and buy all these things. And I've said this to
you about Ashland too, like when he's ready, like when
I don't know if he's into whatever, and I'm I
don't really know a lot about toys and video games,
(01:24):
but like I don't know puzzles and card games and
models are cool, and remote control stuff like I will
buy remote control stuff for your kid just so that
I can play with it, And I'll buy whatever. It's
the same way that I want to buy you a
riding lawnmower so I could ride, so I could finally
live my dream of go with the cup holder and
the whole thing. Okay, but you were playing over the weekend,
(01:47):
was it, Plato? Yeah, m hm, and you were digging it.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Yeah, I mean, yeah, he has he had like a
couple of small little thing containers of play though, and
then we were at Target over the weekend and he
just saw the platoisle.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
He's just like his eyes.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Like lit up, and I was like, let's get the
basic one, the one you just squeeze and like it
used to come out looking like spaghetti.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Whatevert smell of him? Right, yeah, very DECI six colors.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
So yesterday we just spent like hours and hours of
we had like a little rest of around.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
You know, he's cutting in spaghetti, but he just wanted
to make spaghetti. He didn't want to make anything else.
What about this shape too?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
So it was like a lot of fun, like just
reminiscing like I remember doing this as a kid, like
playing hours and hours of playto making sandwiches or doing whatever,
making the stencils they came with it, or the stamps.
So it was a lot of fun and he enjoyed
and I enjoyed it.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
So yeah, it was really cool. What was it? What
is the thing that either as in the I don't know,
it could be a big brother, big sister and uncle
parent that your kid's into and basically you're more into
it than the kid is or you're more excited to
play than the kid is at this point, because I
feel like that's what's going to happen is I'm gonna
be so stoked about all these toys more probably than
(03:00):
she will be, Yeah, or Ashton will be.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
I grew up loving Lego and used to build the
sets and everything, like follow the instructions.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
That's why I think I like Ikia too. It's like
growing up.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
It's like growing up Lego, you know, follow instructions, build it.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
He's not at that level yet.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Like we'll buy a little small kit and he just
wants to just build whatever and just destroy it. I'm like, no,
you gotta follow the instructions, so we're not We're not.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
That's all I ever did. Yeah. Now, even as a
grown up, the Legos that have like instructions you have
to follow, they stress me out. It's too much. There's
too much pressure. It's like step by step instruction. And
you would think there's someone like me who's like Taipei
and OCD. You'd think I would be like you think
I would dig it because it's super satisfying at the end,
But I don't know. I look at all the little
packages a little plastic things, and I'm like, oh God,
(03:45):
how is this all going to come together? And then
for some reason, I always have extra parts and I
don't think you're supposed do they do? They give you
extra you? Sure they do. Yeah, but that's what people
are saying that Legos eight five five five one three
five Legos they pump up the adult Still. I remember
I used to love building a little pillow forts too
with blankets. I tear up the entire living room and
make the six. I'm way too big for that now,
(04:07):
but I probably still would do it if I could.
Like in my house, I probably would still do it.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
He takes all of our couch cushions and plays Floors Lava.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Oh yeah, we just covered the dead.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Show on Netflix is a show called Floors Game Show.
There's a lot of It's a really cool show. And
so he just throws all the cushions everywhere and just
jumping and flipping.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
He's like, Floor's Lava. Dad, get off the floor. Like, okay, yeah,
you got a bunch of nieces and nephews.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Yes for me, you know, it's getting them karaoke microphones,
So I get everything one. As soon as they can talk,
I get them a karaoke microphone and then their parents
curse me out. But I enjoy like doing karaoke with them,
letting them sing, find their voice is what I like
to call it.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
But yeah, I always give the kids a microphone and
let them find their voice. Yeah, give them microphone. Leave. Yeah, yes,
you don't have to hear about it. Yeah, but they
gave somebody gave my sister or my niece a little
karaoke thing and a microphone that got reverb on it
and stuff, and she talks into it, and she's like
then she like sort of is so proud of herself,
like her they kind of like her uncle like talks
(05:09):
into the microphone and then she's sort of like god,
a smile on her face, like yeah, that's right, Yeah
I just did that. But yeah, yeah, I don't think
it's loud enough. Though. I think I need to get
her some professional gear here pretty soon. I mean it's time.
I think it's time to two and a half. I
think it's time to sign a teacher a trade. Yes, teacher,
a skill that will make her not a lot of
money and make her really frustrated and have to get
(05:32):
up early in the morning for the rest of her,
maybe I won't do that shrinky drink. What's a shrinky drink?
Shrinky drink? My friend and I both thirty, went to
Harry Potter at water Tower and had a blast. But
all the kids who I went with said it was
just okay. Yeah, see that makes sense, it's perfect. I'm
(05:52):
ashamed to admit how much money I spent on legos
per month and I'm thirty eight years old. No shame
in that. No, the light bosome sets Oh my light bright,
I missed my light bright. They sell it again that target.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
What's old becomes new, what gets in the nostalgia isle.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
I'm like, oh my god, well that's the other thing.
If you have an old light bright, like, don't let
the kid play with that. It's probably worth something. I
don't get them the new one. Hey Aaron, good morning.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Hi, good morning.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
I love.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Happy Monday. So yeah, it's not me. It's actually my
older brother, my nephew. He's so so cut, he's a
year and a half. But my older brother has like
this obsession with like and I know they have like
the adult ones that you were just talking about, and
he actually sends them to my husband and I'm like,
weally can't handle it. We just like good time we're
doing it and tell my kids because it stresses us out.
(06:46):
But anyway, long story short, he has built shelves. He
has spent hours and hours building shelves in his home.
But he can have like he's basically built all of
New York CUDI in his freaking two bendroom apartment. And
when my nephew is old enough, it's gonna be like,
I don't even know if he's going.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
To play Wow, he doesn't like that your brother. Is
he sexually active or no?
Speaker 4 (07:15):
But maybe I should check on that.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
I don't know, Like I mean, I think it's gonna
go one way or the other. I think that's a
very polar reaction from a woman or a man or
whatever he's into. If you go over to somebody's house
and they have extensive lego collections as an adult, I
think either that's gonna be like wildly popular with somebody
or they're going to be like this dude is a dork.
We don't need to.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
Talk about my brother's polar reaction.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Yeah, that's fair enough. Fair enough, you have a great day. Okay,
by guys, Thank you for Lizzie so much. Archaeologist sets,
what the hell has a shrinky drink? Mister potato head family,
potato had to. I had the whole family, per soakers,
(08:00):
nerve guns, hot wheels. This is also the adults are
digen that they buy for their kids. Now, easy bake ovens.
That was my favorite. My mom bought my needs an
easy bake oven, I think, and she's like, I don't,
my mom, I don't think that's a I think it's dangerous.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
That's called undercooked batter eater because it was never fully cooked,
never hours.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
They meant shrinky kinky, I think twice. It says drinks,
What are we introducing I shrinky drinks? That's what happens
to my drinks. On Sunday at five o'clock for family dinner,
they get smaller
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