funny girl

Annie speaks very clearly, albeit in a very soft voice. (Commonly heard: "use your loud voice, Annie.") One problem of this is that she very rarely makes those cute mistakes that you hear kids making. I don't know why - she must practice words in her crib or something to get them down before she adds the words to her repertoire. Example: We thought she was being so cute when she asked for "orange j." Some adorable combo of orange juice and o.j., right? Well, after Chris and I giggling to ourselves and saying, "yeah, sure, here is your orange j.!" Ha ha.... She says, "orange j. is orange juice, mom." Um, thanks.

This does not mean that Annie isn't funny. Even if what she is saying comes out clearly, she still has funny thoughts in her head. Last night at Publix:

I couldn't find my list and was frantically searching for it while Annie was still strapped in her seat.
A: "The list missing, mom?"
K: "Yes, I can't seem to find it."
A: "You sad?"
K: "Kind of. This is annoying."
A: "I sad too."
K: "Well, it's OK. We'll figure it out."
A: "You happy?"

and
A: "That Santa?" (Salvation Army guy)
K: "Yup."
A: "That Santa wearing blue jeans?"
K: "Well that is actually one of Santa's helpers."

finally
A: "You getting beer, mom?"
K: "Yup. Does mommy drink beer?"
A: [laughs] "NO!"
K: "Do you drink beer?"
A: [laughs] "NO!"
K: "Who drinks beer?"
A: "Daddy. Daddy lub beer. Boys lub beer. Girls don't lub beer."