Obviously

With half of our family off doing other things, Elena and I had a night all to ourselves.  So we had a little girls’ night out complete with sharing a salad and calzone at our favorite pizza joint and because why stop at just 3000 calories in one meal, a stop at the ice cream shop conveniently located next door.

It’s rare that my youngest and I have time alone and that’s a shame because that kid is some more funny.

Tonight we were talking about an incident earlier in the week that caused her to have to “move her clip” in her classroom. (Obviously moving your clip is not a good thing.)  She declared that she was innocent but since she was busted for talking and she had just asked me hours before if she was “talkative”……I’m gonna go with the teacher on this one.  She comes by it honestly.  In the same conversation we decided that really the only “non-talkative” one in our whole house is Daddy.  And that includes the dog.

So we were talking about the clip moving and I asked, “Do you have to get up in front of everybody and move your clip?”

“Yes, you do.”  Long pause.  Woe filled look.  “And that is the VERY WORSE part.”

To which I agreed and said,  “So how did that make you feel?”

And my 8 going on 18 child looked at me and said,

“Well, it sure didn’t brighten my day.”

That child makes me so happy.