Welcoming the Little Prince Home

Mama Lai and I were on the phone, and she was sharing with me how happy she was that the Little Prince was returning home for the weekend:

"Yes!  So happy my son is coming back....I can put him to work!"

The Case of the Missing Popsicles

Mama Lai and the Little Prince share a love for red bean popsicles.  So when the Little Prince came home for the holidays from college, Mama Lai decided to buy a big box of those popsicles in anticipation of his homecoming.  After dinner his first night home Mama Lai told the Little Prince that she got them a treat and asked him to get the popsicles from the freezer.  The Little Prince returned with one popsicle and generously handed the popsicle to Mama Lai, but pleaded for a bite.

Mama Lai (laughing):   "You can go get your own.  I'm not sharing!"

The Little Prince:          "But that's the only one left!"

Mama Lai:                     "What!  I bought a whole box!  You already ate them all??"

The Little Prince:          "I just got home!  I didn't even know we had popsicles!"

Then Mama Lai thought about this logic for a bit and then sheepishly said:

"Hahahaha.  That means I must've eaten them all.  Ok, I split half."

Who Will Marry the Little Prince?

The sibling rivalry between me and Duckie has always been very intense and it was no different this holiday when we were both home this Christmas.  During one of our spats, as our good natured banter escalated into physical intrusions, Mama Lai sought to break us up with this:

"How will your brother find a wife?  What girl will he find that will want to marry into this family once he finds out he has two very weird sisters?!"

And Duckie and I made peace right away at the sobering and somewhat comforting thought that Mama Lai  may have given up on the possibility of us finding husbands and turned her focus on our youngest.   Good luck Little Prince!