backseat conversations: wedding

Lydia: “Will you come to my wedding?”

Me: “Yes, sweetie; of course I’ll be at your wedding.”

Lydia: “No, I was talking to Sam. Hey Sam! Will you come to my and Nathan’s wedding?”

Sam: “No.”

Lydia, pouting: “Sam, I want you to come to my wedding!”

Sam: “No!”

Me: “Baby, he doesn’t know what a wedding is. Perhaps you should explain it to him.”

Lydia, to Sam: “A wedding is when you give rings to each other and get married to each other.”

Me: “Tell him there’ll be cake.”

Lydia, sing-song voice: “Saaaaaam, there will be caaaaaake . . .”

Sam: “I want cake.”

Lydia: “Will you come to my wedding? We’ll have cake!”

Sam: “I don’t want it wedding! I want CAKE!”