BEDTIME STALL

Eliza (as I was walking out of her room at bedtime): Wait mom. I have a secret.
Mom: What's your secret?
Eliza: Come here so I can tell you.
Mom: Okay. What's your secret?
Eliza: I need to do something with my body.
Mom: What do you need to do with your body?
Eliza: I need to wiggle it.
Mom: Okay. Wiggle it.
Eliza: It's a special wiggle talent that won't fit on my bed.
Mom: Where do you need to do your special wiggle talent?
Eliza: Off the bed.

So I turn on the light and tell her to do her special wiggle talent. She climbs off the bed and does some karate moves for about 10 seconds; then she climbs back in bed, pulls the covers up, and says, "Goodnight, Mom!"

ARMADILLO

Eliza: Grandma, we need an armadillo!
Grandma: Why do you need an armadillo?
Eliza: Because armadillos eat grubs, and we have grubs in our garden!
Grandma: Where are you going to get an armadillo?
Eliza: At the zoo!

GRANDMA'S SIZE

Eliza: Grandma, you are little because you have bad chemo!

HILARIOUS

Eliza (while trying to get her pants off unsuccessfully): These pants are just HILARIOUS!

Careers

The theme in school this year is careers and careers in NM. I was supposed to talk to Isaac about careers.

Mom: Isaac, do you know what a career is?
Isaac: Yes. It's what you do when you get older.
Mom: Do you know what you want your career to be?
Isaac: Yes.
Mom: What?
Isaac: A doctor.
Mom: Why?
Isaac: So that I can be rich, so that when my boy wants a DS, I'll buy it for him.

I don't know what to think about this. He is way more aware of the world than I knew. Yikes!

Privacy

Mom: Eliza, I need you to unlock your door.
Eliza: I can't. I don't want you to see my privacy.

Mom: Do you think you're perfect, Isaac?
Isaac: Just about.

Should we work on humility?