older wiser smarter

Today is Caroline's 6th birthday, and she is feeling very worldly, it seems.

We were talking about some of the teachers at her school who just had babies, and both babies were girls.  This led to her informing me that there are more girls than boys in our part of the world.

I said, "Yes, you're right.  And you know what else?  Women live longer than men!"

She sat straight up and got a big grin, "REALLY?!"

"Yep, it's true.  Women have a longer life expectancy than men do."

She tilted her head and patted me on the shoulder and said with a knowing nod, "We are seriously the lucky ones, my friend.  We are the lucky ones."

another completely reasonable breakfast order

Daddy: What would you like?

Caroline:  Hmmm, I think I need something made to look like a flower.

Daddy:  A flower?!

Caroline:  It's the last day of May!  You need a flower for that!

[Daddy heads to the kitchen, trying to figure out how to make floral food.]

Caroline:  Oh, and one requirement:  It must be cereal!

submitting to passive aggressive notes dot com

Caroline made a book at downtime at school.  It's called Kitty Life.

The first page?

"Mrs. Kitty had a problem.  She was always using special papers so there wasen't enoghe for her children."

She insists that this storyline has nothing to do with my refusal to let her have good paper I just used for her birthday party invites.  I remain unconvinced.  On the plus side, Mrs. Kitty looks very apologetic and does not get killed off in later chapters.

isn't it ironic?

A few weeks ago, Caroline's school musical finally hit the stage.  These productions are of a much higher caliber than most school plays, and it's sort of a big deal in our artsy community.  The kindergarten and 1st grade kids were the opening act, singing "On Broadway" with many jazz hands waving and exaggerated dance moves telling you all about the travails of someone seeking to make it big in NYC.

The day after opening night, we ran into one of her friend's moms, who said, "Caroline!  You lit up the stage!  Your smile was soooo big, and you did such a great job.  You were really at home up there!"

She laughed and said thank you to the nice woman, and then turned to me as we walked away and grabbed my arm tight and said, "Maybe it's true.  Maybe I really will be a star."

sure thing, sally

"Can I have a non-crusted, folded long-ways, blueberry-not-grape jelly sandwich?"

random breakfast chatter

"Monkeys have weird booties."

[silence, gaze]

"Can I have some jelly toast now?"

a simple customer

Daddy:  What would you like for breakfast?

Caroline:  Hmmmmmmmmm....

Daddy: [waiting]

Caroline: You know what? Surprise me.

a big claim made in passing

Caroline is in a school play, and the beginning of her number has only blacklight illumination.  I asked her if it was cool to be doing a dance in the dark with only their hands glowing.  She said, "Yes!  It's so cool that it's all dark, though I can still see pretty well on account of my cat vision.  But it's fun!"

you may call her elizabeth

Caroline has been obsessed with a series of biographies from Capstone about real life princesses and queens.  She takes a new one out of the school library each week and reads them day and night.  So I guess I should not have been surprised the other day when she ran into the room, thrust her fist in the air, and yelled, "I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a KING!"

genetic obligation

Caroline: Daddy! Smell my feet!

Daddy: Huh? No.

Caroline: But you're my faaaaather. I'm your daaaaauuughter!