Posts Tagged ‘road trip’

Nariah says… #105

Posted: October 9, 2014 in Comedy, Nariah
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We were driving down to Carolina for my mom’s surprise birthday party last weekend. Coming from DC area that can be anywhere from a 4-8 hour trip depending on the traffic. Of course we are in the age range of hearing the “Are we there yet?” throughout the trip. About 2 hours outside of our destination, Nariah wakes up and asks “How much longer before we get there?”
“Oh… looks like about 120 minutes”
“Awwww man… 120 minutes? How many hours is that?”
“You tell me? How many minutes are in an hour?”
“Do I have to? 60….”
“Yup! Math is everywhere! So if 60 minutes are in one hour, how many hours until we get there?”
“Ugh…. I know its gonna be way more than I want it to be”

Math lesson was officially over as I laughed at that response while she got more annoyed in the back seat and went back to sleep.

 

Nariah says… #93

Posted: November 6, 2012 in Comedy, Nariah
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There isn’t must backdrop or prelude to this one as this was a short and completely random outburst from our daughter Nariah. Hmmm, let me go on a tangent for a second here. As a parent I’ve seen a few posts online on some parenting websites with comments using “DD” and “DS”. I’ve never actually paid it any mind until a co-worker of the brand new parent persuasion asked me about it. So we proceeded to Google this acronym so that we could remain “hip” and “current”. Darling Daughter and Darling Son?!?!?!!? Really? Who says that? I tried vocalizing “Man, I was almost late to pick up my Darling Daughter from school” and it just sounds so much cooler saying “Nariah” or even  just “Daughter”. Sorry, I’m back. I just had a mental relapse when I thought; what if I actually typed “this was a short and completely random outburst from our Darling Daughter Nariah”? LOL

And back to the random outburst. We’re driving home from visiting the grandparents in NC. Completely out of the blue, Nariah says :
“We have a very silly family…. And I think its cool! I love it!”
And immediately she goes back to playing with her leappad explorer.

Huxtables, we’re taking over!

Nariah says… #90

Posted: October 1, 2012 in Comedy, Nariah
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On our trip to Skyline Drive and the Luray Caverns, we did the typical road games to pass the time and entertain each other. Out of the blue, Nariah starts beatboxing. She actually came up with a good beat, so I started to bob my head a little.
“Daddy, don’t you like my beat?”
“Yeah Nariah, its pretty funky!”
“Aren’t you gonna freestyle then?”
“Oh, Ok, if that’s the kinda party this is then…. let’s do it!”

So I graced her ears with a silly freestyle as only daddy can do, and then passed the mic to mommy. She said a few rhymes and then passed the mic to Nariah in the back. This went on for about 3 rounds passing the mic back and forth, with us pretty much just freestyling about any and everything that had happened on the trip.

At the end, Nariah asks : “Mommy, who won?”
“Who won? This was a contest? Oh you know daddy was the best!”
“Yes daddy, this was a game show. Mommy, who won? Daddy or me?”
“Hmmm, it was tough…. but the winner is………… Nariah!!!!!!”

“What? Nariah??? Now ya’ll know that daddy was on point!”

“Daddy….. You need to get more talent and some skills to beat me!”

*Pause*

I look over to Toya. “Did she just say I need to get some talent… AND some skills?”
“Ha ha ha, yes, she did, hahaha”
“Heeheeheee, that was good huh daddy?”

I don’t remember if I answered her or not. My feelings may have been hurt too much, lol.