Promises, promises

After all the water was gone, spit, and spilled out of her little cup, Elizabeth asks for more water.

Elizabeth: "I want more water, please!"

Me: "Do you promise not to spill it?"

Elizabeth: "No."

Me: "I mean, will you spill it?"

Elizabeth: "I'll try not to."

Me: "Do you promise?"

Elizabeth: "I promise to try not to spill it."

Toddler One-Liners

"I'm the boss of flushing the potty."

Toddler One-Liners

"Are you grossed-up?"

Watch out James Beard Awards

Elizabeth: "I'm making you dinner!"

Me: "Oh, what's for dinner?"

Elizabeth: "Soup with tomatoes, broccoli, beans, sprinkles, and chocolate mustard."

Toddler One-Liners

"And what will happen if I don't flush?"

Soap Yoga

(After all the water had drained out of her bath...)

Elizabeth: "I wanna do Yoga!"

Me: "Ok!"

Elizabeth: "Now... in the bath."

Me: "Um, no. Rule #1 of yoga is: we don't do it in the bathtub."

Elizabeth: "But, I wanna do Soap Yoga."

Sleep-talking

"I don't want my burrito cut into pieces."

A Birthday Interview: Three Years Old

In which we get specific

(On Elizabeth's third birthday)

Me: "When are you going to go to bed tonight?"

Elizabeth: "One Thirty Eight."

Well, I guess if a cow can jump over it, then...

(While driving one evening)

Elizabeth: "The Moon! ... What do moons eat?"

Me: "Um. I don't think the moon eats anything."

Elizabeth: "I think so. I think so... Moons eat."

Me: "What do you think they eat?"

Elizabeth: [Without even a pause] "Fish."