All dressed up she was pulling her hair off the clips holding her

Me: Stop it kuttyma. You are messing up your hair

Her: But it looks pretty this way mommy

Sigh

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She was getting ready for her second theatre experience

Me: We are going to the theatre and you have to be a good girl

Her: Can we eat the gator?

Me: It is theatre NOT gator

Her: Taker – let us go to gator taker

I am still not sure if she seriously could not understand the difference or if she was pulling my leg

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It is a hippo…. hippo…

hippo TOMATO!!!

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She approaches me one evening with all seriousness

Her: Mama be very naughty

Me: Oh! What did he do?

Her: He took my sunshine. The sun go to Houston

and breaks down into tears.

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One fine morning as we are doing the juggling act and attempting to head out of home on time

Her: I want to go to your ERM Mommy

Me: (I work at ERM and I am shocked) Well kanna, you have to go to school, become a big girl and then you can come to ERM.

Her: I like your ERM mommy. It is fun

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R returns after work

Her: I missed you da-da

R: I missed you too kannama

Her: How was work today?

R: It was fine. Busy day

Her: What work you busy with?

R: (Rolling his eyes) I did some drawings

a few minutes break and she climbs on R’s lap

Her: Ask me – ask me “how was your busy day?”

R: You want me to ask you about your day?

Her: yes

R: How was your busy day kannama?

Her: It was a fun day at school da-da. We made papaya jelly

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Carrying her toy saucepan with some pipe cleaners floating in red paint

Her: Mommy I made some mammam for you

Me: Oh! what is that?

Her: Spicy chilli hot stuff mommy. Please eat

Me: I do not want to eat. I am not hungry

Her: If you eat – you become … hmm you become long as me

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