Overheard

Yesterday my sister and I were hanging out on the couch in her family room. All the little marmots had wandered off to do their various marmot tasks, except for the Right Honorable Marmot who is still so new that he mostly spends his days lying in his bassinet and looking like a root vegetable. Tuey, on the other hand, always has very important work to do. He takes his plastic puppy on walks, he runs water through a funnel, he sweeps, he clears the art table off (onto the floor). He keeps himself very busy. Yesterday he had wandered into the bathroom and when Marmot Dad followed him in a few minutes later, my sister and I heard Marmot Dad say

Oh no, Tuey. That's not your job. That's Daddy's job. (pause) And that didn't even need plunging.

Apparently Tuey also does a little plumbing in his spare time.