Meg-a-lif

Yesterday morning Henry asked me if he could have a meg-a-lif to eat. I said, "A what?" He repeated, "A MEG-A-LIF." I said that I didn't know what a meg-a-lif was. He said, "You know, when I ask Daddy for a snack and he says (Henry takes a robotic tone) meg-a-lif."

Mike often responds to inquiries with either a crisp "affirmative" or "negative"*.  And often, Henry's requests for snacks prior to dinner are met with a simple "negative."



*This tendency to respond with either affirmative or negative could be the result of years in the Navy or just years of watching Star Trek.