K8: “Daddy, can you explain to me calories?”

Daddy: “Calories is the amount of energy it takes to heat 1 ml of water 1 deg, it’s like, energy”

K8: “You mean, like the energy from the sun?”

Daddy: “Something like that, very smart K8! if you eat too much calories and your body can’t use it you get fat”

K8 “like YOU daddy?”

Laughing ensues… note, my daddy was wrong, its the amount of energy needed to heat 1kg, not 1ml.

“Daddy, you’re going to make so much money that you and mommy don’t have to work and you and mommy can pick me up from school everyday, right daddy?”

I’m a crazy sugar-fed wasp, see me dance!

“This is baby elmo I think he’s the same age as baby Taryn except tougher cause I can drop him on his head.”

What I told my prescool teacher this morning about my baby Elmo doll.

Diva in training

This is how I roll, roll out of bed that is. Except, I didn’t make it and fell back asleep until daddy yelled, shouted, and finally tickled me to wake me up. Sheesh, preschool life is ROUGH.

Daddy asked me at dinner what I needed a purse for when I’m only 4 years old. Silly daddy, girls like me have a lot of things we need to tote around with …