After telling Emma that the zoo was closed (because I didn't want to go), she went to school, asked her teachers if the zoo was closed, came home, and told me how excited she was that the zoo is OPEN! (yippie!). I asked her if she wanted to see the new Polar bear exhibit. The conversation...
Emma: What's a Polar bear?
Me: Well you know they are all white and very big. They live in the snow and love ice.
Emma: That's not a Polar bear.
Me: Yes, it is.
Emma: NO.ITS. NOT! (taking it a little too personal if you ask me)
Me: What is it then?
Emma: That's a SNOWMAN!!
Tonight I walked into the bathroom to find her with one hand holding the toilet lid open and the other delicately dangling my car keys over the ever-inviting toilet water.......
Me: Just what do you think you are doing?
Emma: No I wasn't (the lying thing is new) Can you give me back your keys mommy?
Me: I know exactly what you were thinking without you saying a word.
Emma: No.
Me: I can read alllllll the naughty things you think about doing (in the most convincing tone possible).
Me: You were going to drop my car keys in the potty.
Emma: (mighty impressed). Yes I WAS!!!
Me: That would make mommy very mad, Emma
Emma: No question about it!
Getting out of the car yesterday, I was trying to carry Emma...and all of her bags...and all of my bags.
I muttered..."Oh, Emma. Mommy needs a vacation".
She responds.... "I thought you said you needed a million dollars?" She hears everything!
And tonight....."Daddy is crying because he is a big baby"
