Mirror Mirror

The kid walked out of the bathroom, walked up to me and informed me, "Grandma my eyes are very very beautiful!"

I think she just noticed.

Christmas Lights

The kid thinks some people go too far with their outdoor lights. We were driving past one garishly overdone home, and from the backseat she chirps up, "That's a shocker."

When asked, she explained, "Someone is going to get a shock."

Heh.

The Night Before The Night Before Christmas

At the winter carnival, the kid received a book titled "The Night Before The Night Before Christmas". She likes this book. She keeps it in the car to read while we drive places. The other day, she informed me she was reading "The Night Before Christmas".

I gently corrected her. "It's "The Night Before The Night Befire Christmas" honey."

"No Gramma. It is "The Night Before Christmas"."

This debate continued a few times until she stopped, looked at me like I was nuts, and asked in exasperation, "WHY do you keep saying that?"

Discretion is the better part of valour. There is no way to convince someone who only reads pictures that you are right about the title. I surrendered.

Now I am going to buy her "The Night Before Christmas" just to mess with her head.

Pulling Hair

Driving home from daycare. Coming around a corner, the kid announces, "I am pulling my hair up."

"You are WHAT??"

"I am pulling my hair up," and she shows me what she means. She meets my gaze in the rearview mirror ... And wiggles her eyebrows.

Excuse Me ...

The kid is standing at the window at daycare with her teacher. She is watching it blizzard. The teacher is talking when suddenly, my kid, with hands on her hips says, "Really? You need to stop now. This is enough. Just stop. "

Teacher, taken aback, asks the kid what she said. Kid turns around, hands still on hips, and says, "I am telling the snow to stop already. "

That is MY kid!