Alimentary Education

Elena, explaining to me her recently acquired knowledge of digestive anatomy:

Daddy, you have two pipes in your mouth, your food pipe and your choke pipe

"A Piece of Art"

Katie's first exploration of abstract art. When I asked what this was, I was told simply, "It's a design."

Katie's First Fan Letter

Katie has recently graduated to reading "real books" and is currently devouring the Magic Tree House series at a rate of one every few days. At the beginning of each book is a page of excerpts from letters kids have written to the author, Mary Pope Osborne. When Katie saw this, a little light bulb went on and she just had to write one herself. Here it is.

no baldies

Sara and Elena are chatting in the car about Elena growing up someday. They discuss going away to college and getting married, etc.

Sara: So, do you think you will marry a guy like Daddy?

Elena: Yeah, except with hair

Happy New Yearrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

The girls got a huge kick out of this

POTUSmobile

The President was at Fort Belvoir the other day, which is just a few miles from our house, and Sara and the girls ran into some delays on the road because of the motorcade. At dinner that evening, we got into a discussion of motorcades, what they are, why the President needs them, etc.

I told the girls: Maybe one day you will be President, and other people will have to wait while your motorcade goes by

Katie responded: I would have a regular car, so I can see my people

"My people"?! Alright there, Marie Antoinette. Guess we'd better lay off the Disney princess propaganda for a while ...

Elena, not to be outdone, added: I would have a blue car, and it would drive all by itself

a diamond is a little girl's best friend

Sara Jane takes Elena to the pediatric dentist. The dentist is trying to bribe her, telling her she gets a ring if she will stop sucking her thumb by her next visit. He shows her the rings, which come with a little plastic gemstone in many different colors. He asks her what color she wants:

Elena: I want the white one

Dentist, to Sara Jane: They learn early, don't they ...

BunnyStory

Katie's first short story, a tale of lonliness and consonants

my daughter the comedienne

when i got home from work today Katie informed me that Elena had stepped in dog poop, repeatedly and enthusiastically, as the neighborhood girls whooped it up

i asked Elena why she stepped in the dog poop ... her answer:

because all the girls laughed