Me: ... I want to name our kids Mary Catherine and Sean Patrick. We'll call the girl "Kate," because you already said you didn't want to call our daughter "Mary Kate" because it would remind you of that Olsen sister.

Him: Jesus, Erin. Mary Catherine and Sean Patrick? We might as well name one of them "Potato Guinness."

Me: You already said you were OK with Mary Catherine! What about my dead mother!

Him: Your dead mother? Oh my God. Now you're being Irish-Catholic on top of this. Your dead mother ...

Me: What? And my grandmother! And my sister! I mean, they're not dead but ...

Him: That's it. We're just naming them all "Lou Holtz."

Posted by Erin at 11:28 PM | filed under: Odds and ends