MY 8-YEAR-OLD: Today we got kindergarten reading buddies.
ME: [airheaded in my thoughts]
8YO: You’re not listening to a word I’m saying.
ME: Today you got kindergarten reading buttons. Is yours in your backpack?
8YO: [laughing] I can’t fit a kid in my backpack!
ME: Ahh, kindergarten reading buddies.
8YO: [laughs] … I don’t think I got the joke.