Early morning questions to ponder

This morning, as Bryan was running around getting ready for school, Zoey arrived on the scene and announced she was awake. (Right.) I tried to convince her to crawl in to bed with me and go back to sleep, but no luck. So we lounged around in the "big bed" for a little bit until I asked her to go tell Daddy "Mommy needs coffee". Which she did. Which I was so proud of.

Bryan ran upstairs for my coffee, and Zoey asked me what Daddy was doing.

"Getting Mommy's coffee, which is very nice of him, then he's going to school."

"I go 'cool too?"

"Yes! Today is a school day for you too! It's Friday, so that means it's Spanish day. Does Teacher Carly work on Spanish with you?" (As I'm re-reading this before posting it, I'm noticing that I make myself sound much more articulate than I actually am at 6:57 a.m. What I really said probably sounded more like "mmmpff, yes, 'cool. Spanish day, with Teacher Carly. Where's Daddy with that coffee??". Just so you know.)

"Yeah. Teachoh Caw-wee. 'Panish!! Mommy...what does Daddy make at 'cool?"

My as-yet-uncaffeinated brain paused to ponder this question. It made sense, really, since Zoey's perception of "cool" is that you go there to make fun things with messy art media that Mommy won't let you use at home. And, as I'm sure she was thinking, Daddy had yet to produce any glittery, painted, big-globs-of-glue artwork to hang on the refrigerator. His Spanish vocabulary was noticeably minimal, and he didn't appear to know the words and super-cool dance moves that go with the "Pokey" song. (That's right. The Hokey Pokey is making a comeback.)

Bryan stepped in at that point to tell Zoey that Daddy learns how to make people feel better at school, that he helps with owchies on their bodies, blah blah blah...

Zoey's eyes glazed over. If her vocabulary was just a LITTLE more developed, I'm sure she would have said "show me the construction paper art projects, Daddy".