Sam (muttering): The sun came out and it got hot again. The weathermen were SO WRONG.

Peggy: Yep. Suddenly summer.

Peggy: (sneezes) This cake is so chocolatey it made me sneeze.

Sam: This cake is so chocolatey it tickled my tongue. (pauses) Gosh, I hope you aren’t allergic to it.

Peggy: So how was work today?

Sam: Good. It was quiet at first, and then all of a sudden — Bam! People needed to get groceries.

Sam (on the way home from Saturday afternoon Mass and shopping): Did you enjoy today? It was a good day.

Peggy: Yes. It was a good day.

Peggy: The tractor is fixed, finally. Want to mow a little today?

Sam: It’s gonna get hot today.

Peggy: How about tonight?

Sam: Tonight’s a football game, Mom.

Sam: Did you remember that music I was playing last night?

Peggy: No.

Sam: Oh, I thought you did.

Peggy: Should I remember?

Sam: It was from Super Mario, Nintendo 64 version. Remember?

Peggy: No. I only remember that you played that game a lot. Did you pick the music out and write it, or did you download it?

Sam: I found it on YouTube. It would always sound like it was going up. Like the stairs at the end of the game. They went up and up and up. Do you remember that?

Peggy: No.

Sam: They had to work the repeat so that the music always sounded like it was going up. (pauses) It took a bunch of us to beat Bowzer at the end.

Peggy: Really? Who all helped?

Sam: Michael, and other people — and Dad.

Peggy: Wow.

Peggy: You really didn’t like this batch of spaghetti.

Sam: It had whole tomatoes.

Peggy: I should have pureed them.

Sam: You don’t have to keep saying that.

Peggy: Why? I should have. You would have liked it better.

Sam: It just shows you’re stressed about it. Don’t stress about it.

Peggy: Dixie is sure snoring.
Sam: You do, too, Mom.

Peggy: The grass is wet and it smells so good out here. It must have been a nice rain.
Sam: Kind of. The sun was shining the whole time.