Skadi: "Mommy, what kind of animals are we?"
Me: "Well we are humans, which I guess are a type of animal."
Skadi: "No, what type of ANIMALS are we."
Me: "Well we are closest to monkeys."
Skadi: "NO, what type of animals are we?"
Me: "Well Skadi we walk on two legs and most animals walk on four..."
Skadi: "So that means we are kangaroos!"
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Skadi: (Whispering in my ear.) "Mommy, your pajamas are old and ugly, you need to ask Santa for some pretty pajamas with roses on them for Christmas."
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Skadi: "Ouch, you bumped my twohead Leif."
(Love that she still calls her forehead, her twohead.)
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Skadi: "No mommy, go to the picking page."
Me: "The picking page? Is there a Dora story about picking apples?"
Skadi: "No, the picking page mommy."
Me: "Show me."
Skadi: (Annoyingly flips the book to the front to the table of contents.)
Duh.
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Skadi: "Why do we have houses mommy?"
Me: "To provide a place to sleep out of the bad weather and stuff."
Skadi: "Ha, you are silly mommy and wrong too. We have houses so that when we change our clothes no one sees us."
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Skadi: "Mommy, I love you more than strangers."
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Skadi: "Once mommy a woman came up to me, but she didn't take me."
Me: "What Skadi? When were you by yourself that a woman came up to you?"
Skadi: "She came up to me and said, 'where is your grandma' and then she said, 'where is your grandpa' and I didn't know and I told her. But I was SO happy she didn't steal me."
Me: "When did this happen Skadi?"
Skadi: "When I was jumping on the trampoline at the cabin."
Me: "Oh, that person was probably one of your relatives!"
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Me: (Reading one of the Mo Willems Trixie books.)
Skadi: "The person who wrote this book really messed up bad. He accidentally wrote my name as Trixie, not Skadi. Will you read it right please?"
Me: (Sigh.) "One time long ago before Skadi could even speak..."
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Skadi: "Mom, let's see how smart you are, what's 16+18?"
Me: "34."
Skadi: "Wrong. I think you better call dad and ask him since he is so much smarter than you."
Me: (Thinking someone better watch her little mouth if she wants Santa to visit her!)
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Skadi: "Mommy, I might not be made of bones. I think I am made of power instead because I am a good fixer."
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Leif: "Pretty please Skadi?"
Skadi: "No Leif."
Leif: "Pretty pretty please Skadi?"
Skadi: "No Leif."
Leif: "I'll say you are beautiful."
Skadi: "Ok."
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Skadi: "Mommy the only thing that will make me happy this morning is to listen to Uncle Kracker."
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