Laura's Post:
You know you live in a small town when...
Sophia: This is the best place I've ever been! Can I come here for my birthday?
She was riding an escalator...
Mark's Post:
Unfortunately, the down escalator wasn't operating:
Me: I guess it's just stairs.
Sophia: Why isn't it working?
Me: I don't know, but they'll get it to work esca-later...
Laura's Post:
I've given many, many reading assessments, but I have never had a kid say this to me at the start. Sophia's teachers are saints.
Laura's Post:
Sophia: "We don't have school tomorrow because it's Kings' Day!"
She may sound American, but sometimes the British pops out.
Happy Presidents Day!
When I woke Sophia up for school this morning, she groggily muttered, "But how come? I'm about to eat salmon." I let her take a couple of bites of her dreamland salmon before getting her up since all I had to offer her was peanut butter on toast...
S: After dinner, can I have some dessert?
Laura: We don't have any dessert.
S: Yes, we do. We have ice cream. Remember?
Me: Um, we haven't had any ice cream in weeks!
S: What! You and Mommy ate it all at night?
Laura: Yes.
S: Ooooooh! Why did you do that?
Me: We don't want it to go bad!
S: Ice cream doesn't go bad!
Me: I'm not willing to take that chance!...
Note to self: Get more ice cream. A lot more in case some goes bad...
Laura: (to Thalia) Someday you're going to have a baby, then I can be a grandma!
Sophia: When I'm a grandma, you'll be dead.
Laura: What?
Sophia: It's true!...
Evidently, our six-year-old has finally made peace with the thought of our mortality.
Laura: What were you doing in there?
Sophia: I was going potty!
Laura: But what was all that pounding noise?
Sophia: I was practicing being a ninja!
....
Laura: You didn't flush!
Sophia: Sorry!
That's just the ninja way!...
