Delicious Ambiguity

So that I'll never forget...

Maida was doing some crafts on the dining room table the other day while I was cleaning the house when she discovered that her scissors were great for cutting her hair, too. I walked into the dining room and found her with golden curls all over the table. She had snipped pieces of hair from all over her head. I gave her a bath and washed her hair and chunks were still falling out! After explaining to Maida that we don't cut our hair or anyone else's hair, I called Erik to tell him how sad I was about Maida cutting her hair. Apparently he didn't get the idea from my message that we were supposed to be upset that she cut her hair so that she wouldn't do it again. After he got home from work, they had the following conversation...

Daddy: Maida, did you cut your hair today?

Maida: Yep!

Daddy: Well, it looks beautiful! You did a good job!

Maida: I knew you wouldn't be upset with me!

After Maida was alone in the kitchen for a few minutes...

Maida: Mommy, I just really want some of those crackers. [talking with cracker crumbs stuck in her teeth and all over her face]

Me: Oh yeah? What crackers?

Maida: The ones in that door that I just opened a little bit.

Me: Oh, did you already have some crackers?
Maida: No! [smiling]

Me: Maida, tell me the truth... did you already eat some crackers?

Maida: No, Mommy! I didn't eat some crackers, I ate one cracker!

Shortly after Grandma left our house last weekend...

Maida: Mommy, do you know what?

Me: What?

Maida: We don't say fat to people because we don't say fat. Grandma told me we say, "You are nice and plump."

On the way to church on Sunday night...

Maida: Mommy, maybe someday Daddy could teach me how to drive.

Me: Yeah, I'm sure he will, but you have to be 16 to get your drivers license.

Maida: Yep! And it's gonna hafta be a girl one... a pink and brown one!