In her increasing attempt to show her big-girl-ness, Sophia has started to answer the telephone when someone calls the house. She is quite the conversationalist and is more than willing to visit with whomever calls. I can only guess what the other part of her conversations sound like, but her side usually starts well enough. An example from a phone call today with an important recruiter trying to contact Mark on a job prospect.
Sophia: HelloCaller: Is Mark home?
Sophia: What?
Caller: Is Mark home?
Sophia: WHO?!
Caller: Is your daddy home?
Sophia: Who is this?
Caller: Brent Packer.
Sophia: WHO IS IT?
Caller: Brent Packer.
Caller: Is your mommy home?
Next, with the phone still to her mouth, Sophia finds me and says...
"Mom, a thumbtacker wants Dad."
When I finally got to the phone the caller politely told me, "I think your daughter got my name wrong, I'm Brent Packer".
Knowing Sophia it could have been worse... a thumb sucker, a cake baker, or a butt scratcher all could have called.
FYI a ghostwriter wrote this post, it is all true but I would have never written butt scratcher!!! Thanks Mark:)
ReplyDeleteThat is hilarious. Joslyn just usually answers the phone and gives the person a run down of what everyone in the house is doing.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I think I have witnessed talking to Sophia a couple of times on the phone. I miss her.
ReplyDeleteBeware of the ghostwriters on blogs. It's a tricky business keeping these blogs under control. :)
Oh yeah, btw- I love your family pictures. They turned out so cute.
ReplyDeleteThat is hilarious! Luckily, I've kept Brooklyn from answering the phone so far. I love that Mark wrote this post too as if you had written it. I did think it was a little "out of character" for you to write butt scratcher so now it makes sense. Haha
ReplyDeleteThat's hilarious! She is such a ham.
ReplyDeleteAnd P.S., the rest of your pics will be done soon, I promise!
Thanks for a good laugh! We miss you guys. I especially miss the kids in primary, you could always count on Sophia for a great comment (spiritual and otherwise) :)
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