In which the part of the grownup was played by somebody else...
Thursday, 3 June, 2010 at 10:54 PM 
I present to you two tiny exchanges from this past weekend. I won't assert that I'm proud of myself. But the memories still make me giggle, even though...
The First
Me: "Did you eat all of them?"
Adorable Four Year Old: "I dropped that one on the ground. You can't eat food off the ground!"
Me: "Well what if it's the last food in the world?"
Sis: Glaring and incredulous with a not-at-all unimpressive eyebrow raise, mouth hanging wordlessly open.
Me: "Sorry. Don't know where that came from."
The Secound, About a Half Hour Later
Adorable Four Year Old holds out an iPod charger to me. The other end is plugged in.
Adorable Four Year Old: "Is this dangerous?"
Me: "Only if you lick it!"
Sis: "I just figured it out! You're not actually on my side. I never realized it before now. I'm so, so glad I made this discovery before we reached the teenage years..."
Reader Comments (4)
I love it!
I just emailed my sister with the link to this site with the words..."I think...on some level...this is you an me with your kids (sometimes)..."
Thank you for the giggle Melody and Rami! I hope Moonshadow has made a good home for herself!
Sara -- Moonshadow has pretty well taken over the place and we love her! She is the most patient kitty ever -- she and Rami are adorable together!
What a great laugh. My cousin Bonnie (the fun aunt) and I would have these exchanges when Ashton was little. My usual response to Bonnie went something like this "what were you thinking" to which I would receive the "DUH" stare from her followed by "I don't know". To which I would say "yeah I know". Then later when Ashton was reliving the day she would say something like "isn't Aunt Bonnie funny" and I would respond "yeah, she's a riot". Ashton would giggle and I would roll my eyes. Ashton is 21 now and the other day Bonnie sent her a belated Easter manilla evelope full of skittles, M & M's and chocolates; oh and just to be fair she sent one to Shea too! Yeah fun Aunts never stop being fun... Enjoy the ride Joy, our children are blessed and so are we, inspite of the gray hairs we will have due to these partners in crime.