Out of the mouth of Zoe
This morning, upon learning that her afternoon snack today is trail mix and milk, she looked at me very seriously with a furrowed brow. "Mommy, my trail mix at school has two different kinds of smarshsmallows." She held up her thumb, "Big ones," and then stuck out her index finger, "and little ones."
She's participating in the Hop-a-Thon at school this week (raising money for MDA! E-mail or call me if you'd like to sponsor the little hopper...you can do a flat donation or a per-hop pledge. I recommend the flat donation, as the little stinker hopped 96 times yesterday) and so her answer to "What was your favorite part of school today?" was "I liked the hopping."
When asked why she's just misbehaved, her current answer is, "Because I like misbehaving."
Standing next to Aunt KK next to the children's fishing lake this weekend and looking at a turtle sunning itself on a log, she announced to Aunt KK, "That turtle is ridiculous."
She and M had this conversation at bedtime the other night:
Z: Why is it still light at bedtime?
M: Because the summer solstice is approaching.
Z: Oh. Okay. Good night!
Because she's already familiar with such things as the summer solstice. Be it known that, should Mommy provide an answer like that, we would then have about 500 follow-up questions. Daddy's word, though, is gold, and accepted without pause.
She's been going to town with her camera, assuming what I guess is her photographer's stance. This is generally with feet planted wide in a sorta semi-crouch. Then, no matter her subject (animal, vegetable, mineral), she instructs it to "Smile!" And she's already got chimping down, which is when a digital photographer gets the shot, pulls the image up on the LCD, oohs and aahs (which is where the word "chimping" comes from, because you sound like an ape), and shows everyone around. She does this with every shot. "Look, Mommy!"
At school, she has gotten married to Ethan (Or Efan, as she pronounces it), but Jed is her boyfriend. Not to worry, Caitlyn is her girlfriend. Getting married, according to the children in the Elephant Room, involves hugging and then dancing. Maybe that's why divorce is so rampant. It's too damn easy to get married!
She's participating in the Hop-a-Thon at school this week (raising money for MDA! E-mail or call me if you'd like to sponsor the little hopper...you can do a flat donation or a per-hop pledge. I recommend the flat donation, as the little stinker hopped 96 times yesterday) and so her answer to "What was your favorite part of school today?" was "I liked the hopping."
When asked why she's just misbehaved, her current answer is, "Because I like misbehaving."
Standing next to Aunt KK next to the children's fishing lake this weekend and looking at a turtle sunning itself on a log, she announced to Aunt KK, "That turtle is ridiculous."
She and M had this conversation at bedtime the other night:
Z: Why is it still light at bedtime?
M: Because the summer solstice is approaching.
Z: Oh. Okay. Good night!
Because she's already familiar with such things as the summer solstice. Be it known that, should Mommy provide an answer like that, we would then have about 500 follow-up questions. Daddy's word, though, is gold, and accepted without pause.
She's been going to town with her camera, assuming what I guess is her photographer's stance. This is generally with feet planted wide in a sorta semi-crouch. Then, no matter her subject (animal, vegetable, mineral), she instructs it to "Smile!" And she's already got chimping down, which is when a digital photographer gets the shot, pulls the image up on the LCD, oohs and aahs (which is where the word "chimping" comes from, because you sound like an ape), and shows everyone around. She does this with every shot. "Look, Mommy!"
At school, she has gotten married to Ethan (Or Efan, as she pronounces it), but Jed is her boyfriend. Not to worry, Caitlyn is her girlfriend. Getting married, according to the children in the Elephant Room, involves hugging and then dancing. Maybe that's why divorce is so rampant. It's too damn easy to get married!
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