“I can see Virginia with these spectacles on,” said Eve, quite randomly, as we were walking down the street.

Me: “We survived our crazy busy week!”
Eve: “Of course we did! We had air and water and food. That’s all we need!”
(I personally would add a few other items to the “basics” list, like clothes, shelter, and family.)

Pausing mid-story Eve says: “What are those trucks with the hole in the back?”
Me: “Uhh….”
Lex: “Do you mean pick-up trucks?”
Eve: “Oh yes, pick-up trucks!” and she continues on with her story.
That’s what siblings are for!

In a book we have there is a reference to “number one” and “number two” in the bathroom. I had to explain it to her since we use real words around here. She thought it was hysterical and decided to start using numbers instead of words. The real hysterical thing though is that she can’t remember what number means what!! From the bathroom yesterday I hear her yelling, “Mom, what is the number you go poop with?” She cracks me up!

Eve was telling Alan about small, tiny things at dinner tonight. She said, “as small as a diamond!”  Alan tells her that diamonds come in all different sizes so Eve grabs my hand and says, “See, as tiny as a diamond!” and points to my engagement ring!  We all had a good laugh, though I don’t think the kids really knew what we were laughing about. 

We played Life today, per Eve’s request. For some reason she loves that game despite the fact that it’s for ages 9 and up. At one point, while trying to explain lawsuits to her, she interrupted with:

“I don’t think someone could sue me because I have lots of dollars and a spin-y wheel!”

The “spin-y wheel” she referenced was a Spin To Win card that has absolutely nothing to do with lawsuits. She did have lots of dollars though, and big numbers on the spinner. She zoomed through the game, rolling in her money (literally!), and got to retirement while Lex and I were only about halfway across the board. Good times. :)

My daughter is wise. I was feeling a little cranky this evening (neighbor gossip for another day!) and I apologized to her, saying I was feeling a little sad and cranky. She said, “I’m going to look into your brain and see why.” A deep sounding concept that she got directly from A Wrinkle In Time. The wisdom came, however, when she said, “Mommy, you are feeling sad because you aren’t taking very good care of yourself lately. Your brain wants you to take better care of your body, then you won’t be sad anymore.” An idea that I’m sure she got from me along the way, but it sounded so wise and so entirely true that I couldn’t help hugging her and thanking her. The neighbor situation put me in a cranky mood, but the food choices I made to curb the cranky mood were really the problem. Hello marshmallow fudge! I told her she was one hundred percent correct and she said, “I know because I looked inside your mind. It was hidden in there.” I love that girl!

I forgot about this!!  Still makes me smile.  :)