{"id":516,"date":"2008-10-15T23:03:26","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T23:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pat-matthews.com\/stories\/2008\/10\/15\/fantastico\/"},"modified":"2008-10-15T23:03:26","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T23:03:26","slug":"fantastico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pat-matthews.com\/stories\/2008\/10\/15\/fantastico\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantastico"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I was driving the family to a park the other evening, our youngest decided to draw a picture. I pulled into the parking lot, and pushed the button to open the minivan doors. “Okay, everybody out!”<\/p>\n

“Wait, wait! I drew you a picture!” <\/p>\n

The little guy waved a piece of paper at me. I took it and gave it a careful examination. He had drawn a big colorful rainbow across the whole sheet of paper. “Wow. That’s a great rainbow. Thanks!”<\/p>\n

“It’s for you and momma.”<\/p>\n

“What about just for me?”<\/p>\n

“No, for you and momma.”<\/p>\n

“Okay, but since you handed it to me, I’m gonna keep it and it’ll be just for me.”<\/p>\n

“No! No! It’s for you and momma!”<\/p>\n

“But I’m Daddy Fantastico!” Okay, I’m really not. But I’m still trying<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“And she’s Mommy Fantastico!”<\/p>\n

Sheesh. All that work down the drain. I handed the rainbow picture to my wife, who was grinning from ear to ear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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