Zola ruminates on babies

So we're driving along after a fun afternoon of running errands. Zola's in the back and says, "I don't like babies."

Me: Oh, yeah? Why not?

Z: They cry. They cry a lot.

Me: That's true. You were a good baby, but you still cried some of the time. And I loved you then, just like I do now.

Z: But I'm NOT a baby anymore.

Me: No, you're a big girl. But babies are really fun even though they do cry. I bet you're really gonna like Baby Khale.

Zola: Yeah. I bet he will chew on his toys.

Me: On his toys? That's funny, for a second I thought you said "chews on his toes."

Zola: Yeah, babies do that, too ... Chew on they toes.

Me: They do?

Zola: Yeah, but then they get embarrassed.

Z's first fundraiser

Ms. Z really is a DC girl. She went to her first fundraiser for a friend of mine who is a Congressman a few weeks back. Because there were a few sitters hired to watch the kids at the party, Z referred to it as a "babysitter party."

That was several weeks ago. Last night as I was putting her to bed, when out of the blue she said, "At that babysitter party, I did like the Congressman." That's my girl :)