For no other reason, I suppose, than because she could, my adorable three-year-old stood up on her chair during dinner, lifted her dress above her head and yelled, “Underwear!!!”
This could be my daughter in a few years, red hair, blue eyes and all. Minus the wings, of course. – “Take the Fair Face of Woman”, by Sophie Gengembre Anderson. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Note that there is no mention in this description of underwear.
Knowing that my girls enjoy princesses and fairy books, I figured I was doing some parenting at its finest when I told her solemnly, “Good princesses and fairies don’t show people their underwear.”
“I’m not a princess or a fairy,” she replied and lifted her dress once more.
What a little lady I’m raising! I assure you she doesn’t get that from me.
Motherhood and Martial Arts 
I think her response was very pragmatic. 🙂
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Indeed. I have a creeping fear/suspician that she’s going to be a real smarty, and a smarty pants. Of course, if she had been wearing pants, that may have resolved this issue before it began. One would hope I would have been able to stop her before she succeeded in pulling them down!
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Well, yes, that would open up a whole new can of worms. 😉
By the way, just got the mail and your book was in it. Yay!
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Wow that was fast! Hooray! I hope you love it! There’s a bit of autobiography in there that I hope you’ll enjoy. All the second paragraphs on each page are my part of the book, so, you’ll learn a bit more about me. 🙂
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As my sons say, “Cool story, Bro.” From what I can tell, that’s a huge compliment. 🙂
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Love it! I’m guessing that this is not the Yoda Rain Man son who is so articulate in his English class. 🙂
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Actually, both of them say it. Yoda Rain Man can go from profound to preschool in two seconds flat.
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Haha! And that image on your blog was brilliant! You’re lucky to have him as a beta reader.
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I am indeed. 🙂
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That’s great!
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I’m glad you were entertained!
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That’s a typical response of kids that age when they know you’re trying to leverage their kid ideas for your own purpose. One like that I got was when I tried to engage one on the terms of her own pretend play with a doll; she snapped back, “It’s not real!”
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Haha! Ahhh…. Well, we try.
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That’s adorable. I love that last line of assurance. Too cute. Paulette 🙂
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Thanks. 🙂
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I was shopping at Doncaster one day and then my 3 year old son said, look mommy that man is so fat. Did he eat all the chocolates? He then went up to him and asked if he had? I apologised and scurried off, embarrassed!
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Oh, man. That’s the worst! I hate it when other people eat all the chocolate! 😉 Just kidding. How awful for you. And that poor man.
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