recent conversations with Grace

This one cracked me up:

Grace: "My toe hurts! I put my princess shoes on the wrong feet and didn't switch them and then played too hard and now I have an owie! My toe hurts!"

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And this one made me realize that I am totally screwed with this kid, because she pretty much refuses to make anything easy:

Grace: "For Halloween next year, I want to be Cinderella."

Me: "Okay. What color dress does Cinderella have?"

Grace: "Pink."

Me: "Are you sure? I thought her dress was blue..."

Grace: "That's the one she wears to the ball. I want the pink one that the birds and mice make for her...the one that her stepsisters rip up."

Me: "Holy crap, kid...are you kidding me?" (Okay, I didn't really say that...but I've been thinking it ever since!)

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And this one made me feel like Mother of the Year (note my sarcasm):

Kris (during dinner): "Mommy had to go to a meeting."

Grace: "Sam, a meeting is where you go when you don't want to eat dinner with your family."

My redemption here is that I was at a volunteer youth soccer marketing meeting, but I don't think Grace really cares about that!

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And, another one to add to the Mother of the Year category:

A frustrated me after bedtime was dragging on and on: "Pick out your frickin' books and let's go!"

Grace: "I already got my frickin' book."

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And that's day to day life with Little Lu!