doctor daddy

caroline: "mommy, what's this boo boo called? never mind, i'll ask daddy. he knows more about doctor stuff."

good luck on your boards, daddy!

of course

caroline was watching peter rabbit on nick jr.

i asked her, "doesn't mr. mcgregor notice that the rabbits in his garden are wearing clothes?"

she rolled her eyes at me and said, "it's fiction, mommy."

out of this world

caroline: "neptune is the coldest planet. it used to be pluto, but they won't let pluto be a planet anymore."

smarty pickle

"in case you didn't know, vertices are what big kids call corners."

must be

when asked why the little boy cut her hair, caroline posited, "maybe he thought i was rapunzel and he wanted to steal my magic hair? ...or maybe he wants to be a hairdresser?"

fall has sprung

"some people call fall autumn" - caroline

that's not how it works

caroline, after being asked why she sucks her thumb: "because i'm thirsty."

anatomy

caroline thinks the bones in your body make up your skellington.

liar liar

caroline didn't believe me that i was going to brush her hair without hurting her. 

she told me, "liar, liar. you have fire on your pants."

sophisticated palate

caroline was playing with her dolls. cinderella was in a restaurant and belle was the waitress.

cindy: i'd like the edamame please

belle: i'm sorry, we are all out of edamame.

cindy: ok, i will have chicken nuggets.

music music music

caroline is learning about musical instruments at school this week.  i asked her if she wanted to play an instrument when she gets older.  she told me, "no mommy, i want to be a mommy when i grow up."

a tale of two pickles

caroline, upon being asked to carry her own cup of juice, responds angrily with every bit of sass she can muster: "i'm never ever never ever never ever never ever never ever thirsty..." 

then sweetly, "sometimes i'm thirsty."

sequels

caroline heard a commercial for the frozen four on the radio the other morning. she was perplexed. because frozen 2 and 3 haven't come out yet.

daily dose of disney

(crying)

mommy...

(wailing)

i'm a little sad...

(more tears)

i really miss disney world.

shhhhhhh

caroline will say, "i want to whisper something in your ear." so you lean and she doesn't say anything. then she loudly announces what she "whispered" to you. hilarious.

save the date

in the car, completely out of the blue...

caroline: i asked riley to marry me.

me: oh really, what did he say?

caroline: yes

she went on to say that they are going to have 4 kids, all girls, named anna, elsa, sally, and anna (the other pronunciation.)

she's got it all figured out...

winter pony foot

caroline takes off her shoes and socks in the car on the way home from school pretty much every day. in the summer, it's not a big deal and i let her run up the driveway barefoot.

but winter is a little different. she argues with me after i tell her she shouldn't be outside in bare feet because of the cold. she protests, claiming her feet are not bare - she has winter pony feet.

???????

she has a whole backstory to explain the concept of winter pony feet and why shoes are not necessary if you have them. it makes no sense whatsoever. i can't even convey any of it. something about a pony. and feet. in winter.

she's weird.

the things they know

caroline, admiring her treasured "frozen" book: 

"i really love how the illustrator drew elsa here."

a musing

"mommy, the oscars are better than the olympics."

self included?

as i was buckling caroline into her seat tonight she looked directly at me and said, "people be crazy."