Already???

I got to pick up Sam and his friend Alex from pre-school today.  As I coralled the two overactive pre-schoolers into the truck, I asked them about what they did in school today.  Nothing… no answer, no response, no indication that anything had happened at all.  I pull out of the parking lot and look in the rear view mirror and ask again.  Blank stares while they drink their juice boxes.  I finally begin to hear the slurping noises of empty juice boxes and ask again.  I get a response, in unison no less, of… 'Nothing'. 

I asked again, 'C'mon, you guys were at school for over two hours, you must have done something?'  And as if it were rehearsed, I got the same response, 'Nothing'.  In unison again, just to poke the stick at the grown-up a little harder.

So I asked again, 'You mean you got to school and just sat there for 2 hours at the table with your hands folded nicely?'  Less rehearsed this time, I get a staggered 'Yep' and 'Yep' out of both of them.  Evan then has to chime in and say 'Yep' too.

So by the age 4, I've been able to experience a complete communication breakdown with Sam on what he did in school.  At least I got to take a nap today.