getting ready for the St. Patty's Parade

And You Thought Crayons Were Kids Play

Today I was opening a stack of "boring" mail, you know the credit card offers and personal loan checks for $300,000 that annoyingly stack up? I opened a Discover card offer and pulled the plastic card off and handed it over to J. I sometimes give the kids these to play with. This one looked exceptionally real though.

J (looking like he just won the grand prize): Is this for ME?

Me: Yep, you can play with it. (adding)It's not for real.

J (looking defeated): Oh.

Me: You have to have a job and make money before you are allowed to have a real credit card.

J (looking optimistic): But I do have a job!

Me (thinking of his chore list, since we call them jobs): What job would that be?

J: Coloring.