Me: "What would you like for your birthday dinner, Madison?"
Madison: "Spaghetti"
Me: "I can do that."
Darcy: "Mom, can we have it this time without the whool grain pasta?"
Me: "The what pasta?"
Darcy (speaking slowly): "W - h - oo -l Grain pasta"
Me: "How do you spell that?"
Darcy: "W-h-o-l-e .....Whool"
#2
I pick the kids up from school and start the drive home.
Me: "So, what things happened in school?"
Darcy: "We were working so hard today, but we could not get microscopic word to work."
Me: (thinking along the Montessori lines): "What is microscopic word?"
Darcy: "You know on the computer. We have it at home. Microscopic Word."
#3
We climb into the van after eating at a restaurant. Darcy is closest to the van door.
Me: "Darcy, can you close the door, please?"
Darcy: "Madison, close the door."
Me: "Darcy, I asked you to close the door. Madison is in the back."
Darcy: "I can't reach it."
Me: "Darcy, I know that isn't true. You closed the door on the way over to the restaurant."
Darcy (rubbing her stomach): "Yeah, but that was before my gutter got so full."
