I may have said this before, but it bears repeating. There are times when I interact with my daughter that I fear for my future. She's only 3.5 but I think sometimes she's really a 20 year old trapped in a little person's body.
Last night, she and I were sitting at the kitchen table where I was impatiently waiting for my wife to come downstairs after putting the boy child to bed. I was hungry and wanted to start dinner. The girl child was happy discovering the joys of the lotus leaf wrapped sticky rice dumpling I brought home for her yesterday from Chinatown. Finally, I turned to my daughter and asked her what was taking her mother so long to get downstairs. Here is our conversation:
GC: "Maybe she's doing something upstairs".Me: "Yeah, but what could be taking so long?"
GC: "I don't know. I'm not upstairs. [pause] Did you think I was upstairs?"
I don't know if she was serious or being sarcastic (my wife votes for sarcastic), but either way, I feel like I'm totally screwed going forward.
Posted by Random Penseur at July 28, 2004 08:23 AMI'm voting for sarcastic too. LOL
Posted by: Jim at July 28, 2004 08:42 AMCould've been worse, babe.
She could've held up two fingers and asked you how many she was holding up, or else feel your forehead and see if you were running a temp.
She cracks me up.
Posted by: Helen at July 28, 2004 09:12 AMOnly three and a half, huh? Heh - good luck! You better write these things down for good rehearsal dinner fodder down the line.
Posted by: Linda at July 28, 2004 11:16 AMYeesh. She's already worried about your mental state? You poor man. When she hits 13, you'd better just stop talking altogether. ;-)
Posted by: Amber at July 28, 2004 11:33 AMBoy, you better watch out with that one...she's not cutting you any slack!
Posted by: Mick at July 28, 2004 11:49 AMMy god, she sounds like I did when I was a wee one, the girl child is so awesome.
Posted by: holly at July 28, 2004 03:54 PMOh RP, just wait till her hormones kick in....
Posted by: Wicked H at July 28, 2004 04:42 PMHormones? [shudder]
Posted by: RP at July 29, 2004 09:32 AM