When I'm standing at the sink doing dishes, she says,
Go sit down, Mom. I got this under control.
When I tell her that she can't have a piece of candy after she just had caramel apples, she rolls her eyes and says,
I don't know why I even talk to you.
When I ask why she hasn't cleaned her room like I wanted her to, she offers the reminder that
It's not always about what you want, Mom.
When her older sister and cousins dress her up to take her to the mall, she taunts her brother with
You have to stay here because it's only for college girls
When I return from shopping, she comes racing out of the bedroom with two handfuls of leftover Halloween candy, scoffing
I don't how these got in my room, but I'm putting them back right now.
When she asks me if croutons are finger food, and I tell her that no, nothing on her plate is finger food, she says
No, I mean croutons.
When I repeat my answer of no, croutons are not finger food, she holds one up to my face and says,
No. Look. I mean these.
When I relent and say yes because I don't want to argue about it. I mean I just want to eat my dinner already, she pops said crouton into her mouth with her fingers and says,
Yeah, that's what I thought.
When I ask her to help me with my picture, and I tell her where to go and what to do, she says,
Of course I'll help you. You're the best catographer in the world.
When she tells me that I am the queen of the family and Daddy is the king, and I ask what that makes her, she says
That makes me happy.
And I'm reminded why she's my favorite girlie ever....
