Conversations, on the Wilcoxson Channel

Not quite as inspirational as these conversations (which I love) but pretty spot-on, if you ask me.

Eloise (thumbing through Richard Scarry): Mama, what's this pig doing?
Me: He's vacuuming.
Eloise (brows furrowed skeptically): Hmmm... I've never seen a pig vacuum.

She's quite the little book worm and loves being read to, but I always love it when I come upon her reading aloud to herself or her baby sister. This time she was reading "Baby B" a book about lemurs. When she got to the map page, she couldn't remember where lemurs live, so she asked me.

Me: Lemurs live on an island called Madagascar, remember?
Eloise: Oh yeah, Madagascar! I loooove Madagascar. And Mada-Pink car. And Mada-Tilly's car and Mada-Mama's car.

Me (showering and trying to distract Matilda from terrorizing her sister): Tilly, come in here. Can you tell me a story?
Matilda (begrudgingly): Once upon a time, there was a girl named Lulu who was nice to her sisters and her mom and her dad and her bear.... And she was really nice... The end.
Me: Okay. That was good. But usually in a really great story, there's something exciting that happens to the main character--the person that the story is about. Something happy or something sad or scary or surprising. Can you tell me a story like that? Where something interesting happens to the main character?
Matilda: Okay. Once upon a time there was a carrot with mane. Like a horse...

And a not quite so spot-on conversation over breakfast scripture reading:

Me: Okay, who remembers the names of the first two people that lived on the earth?
Matilda: I know! Jane and Michael Banks!

Eloise for President!

Eloise woke up and said that for her second birthday, she'd like to be president. Or, at least, that's what her hair said. Behold:

I took one look at her and her little outfit and decided all she needed was a string of pearls to shut down this shutdown. I mean, duh. Wouldn't you work for this chick free of charge?!

And if she can't preside over the nation, she'll settle for the Relief Society. In fact, some of her aunties have seen her on other such fabulous hair days and predicted as much. With hair like that, she's destined for greatness.

But what am I saying?! Destined nothin'! She IS absolutely one of the greatest things that has ever, will ever, could ever happen to me and to this little family. She is one spunky, sweet, succulent, saucy, simply delightful little person. She is quick to laugh, quick to dance, quick to fetch a diaper for her "Baby B", quick to share all she has IFF you ask nicely. But as nicely as I ask, she just won't quit growing up.