Bookworm

This morning we took H to work, which is 7 minutes from home.  C brought a book with her for the trip.

C:  You'll have to strap me in.

Me:  Why is that?

C:  I'm reading my book!

Ten minutes later:

C:  Where's H?

Me:  We dropped her off!  We said goodbye and everything!

C (returning to her book):  Oh.  I don't remember.

I think she has a reading problem!

Going Bananas

C storms in from the back yard:

Momma, I want J to play with me but he just wants to be alone, and I feel like an old, mooshed banana that nobody wants to eat at all.

Waiting Game

Driving to the bank:

C:  I want some cantaloupe.
Me:  Do I have cantaloupe with me?
C:  No.
Me:  When did I say you could have some?
C:  When we get home.
Me:  Right.  We won't be out long.  Just wait a little.
C:  But I don't want to wait!
Me:  I think you'd be a happier person if you learned to have patience.
C: Hmmm...Momma?  I don't think I was made for patience.


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Me:  No one is really made for patience, but we all need it.
C:  Maybe some people are made for patience.
Me:  Like who?
C:  I know!  Girls named Patience are made for patience!!
Me:  Your name is Joy, but you're not particularly joyful.
C:  ...Oh.

Book Review

C:  I finished the book "Junie B. Jones and the Stupid, Smelly Bus."
Me:  Was it a good book?
C:  Not really.  One page was ripped, and it smelled kind of weird.
Me: ...Oh...uh...did you like the story?
C:  Oh, yes!!

Literal Girl strikes again!

Bookworm

Me:  C, please help clean the living room.
C: ...
Me:  C!  We need your help, please!
C: ...Huh?
Me:  Please help clean the living room.  Mrs. Visitor is coming over!
C:  Oh, okay!  As soon as I finish this chapter.

Be careful what you wish for!

Questionably Helpful

C (wrapping her arms around me and pressing her cheek to mine):  Momma, I love you!
Me:  Aw!  I love you, too!
C:  What would you like me to do for you?
Me:  How sweet!  I'd love it if you'd straighten up the living room.
C:  Oh.  I shouldn't have asked.  (She skips off to play.)

She's Not Wrong

C, trying to convince me to let her play on the Wii: "My want is bigger than your no!"

Getting Up Is Hard To Do

Me:  You still sleepy?
C:  Yes.  (Sigh.)
Me:  Getting up is hard work, isn't it?
C:  Yeah! Because you've got to be ready to not sleep any more!

Looks like I've been doing it wrong all these years.

Good Question...

C: I want to use your phone.
Me: Not right now.
C: Momma, why don't you just relax and let me do whatever I want?

Preening

C just ate a chocolate cupcake, and had a big crumb on her shoulder.  While she was talking to me, I reached over, took the crumb, and ate it.

C:  Why did you do that?
Me:  I was just being like a monkey.
C, looking puzzled:  Oh...

Then she reached over, took something out of my hair, and ate it!

Monkey see, monkey do.