Why do my kids have more energy after they’ve gone to bed at night than any other time during the day?

They come up with bizarre questions to ask including things like Hanna asking me what it meant to be ‘macho’ last night.

I tried to explain that being macho was about trying to be really cool, almost aggressively, oozing confidence and it really only applied to certain men.

Hanna: Why can’t women be macho?

Without saying being macho is best described as an arrogant guy with enough hair product to sink a ship being really full of himself and acting tough but always gift wrapped in sexual undertones, it was a tough one to explain.

Me: It’s a bit like describing a woman as being handsome. There are worse things to be called but it just doesn’t always make sense.

Ellie: But I thought girls could do anything boys could do?

This isn’t really about doing anything, it’s a state of mind and how you present yourself.

Think of the song, “Macho Man.”

Three blank stares.

You know, “Macho Macho Man (rest) I want to be a Macho Man.”

Then I shook my head as it took me until the repeat of the chorus to realize this was one of their weakest stall tactics and I fell right into their trap. Also, they got me to dance like a monkey and sing.

The three little girls snickered and I slunk out of the room feeling totally deflated like this won’t be the last time they sucker me.

“She was a handsome woman” they’ll write in silly string on my tombstone.