Blowing & Drifting

I.
Julia: “Is mother brown meat?”
Me: ” … ” while thinking, ‘What should I do with that question? I can’t even tell the nouns from the verbs!’
II.
Genevieve, snarlingly: “PUT ON MY DIAPER, DADDY!”
Me: “Genevieve, that’s not how we ask for help. How can you ask in a nicer way?”
Genevieve, even more snarlingly: “PLEASE PUT ON MY DIAPER, DADDY!”