The wisdom of Charlie Dot

Charlotte has had some real winners with Peter lately:

Me: I can't even fool Charlie anymore! Charlie Dot: That's 'cuz I'm too fast for you!

Charlotte (out of nowhere): "If someone takes your car, you call the policeman and they try to find your car, and then if they don't you call your 'surance and they give you a little money to get a new car with" Me: "That's right. Did you talk with someone about this?" Charlotte: "No. I just made it up."

And for the moment when you wish you didn't have to keep the smile off your face:
Charlotte didn't eat more than about a bite of dinner on a night I made cookies to send to Emily. They were still warm and the smell filled the house. Charlotte, of course, protested that she desperately wanted them, but did not want to eat her dinner. She was quite adamant and upset. Her reasoning was simple:
"I want them in my tummy now because they taste good!"

It's like wearing a hug

When the girls were babies and we would get them ready for bed we would tell them that pajamas were so cozy, they were like wearing a hug. For some reason we reminded them of this about a week ago. This morning Charlie Dot came into my room as I was changing out of my pajamas. She said to me, "I'm going to give you a hug since you are no longer wearing yours."

Sammy has been a bit ambivalent about Day Camp. She doesn't make friends easily, and with the turn over from week to week it's been a bit socially challenging, though she has enjoyed the opportunity to play. This week she is at horseback camp. She is having a ball! After just one day she was going on and on about all she learned. Plus, an acquaintance of hers is also in the camp so she KNOWS someone, which is good.

We also have her in swimming lessons. What a crazy week! Actually, she was supposed to start swim lessons last week and we just spaced it. D'oh! But she is loving these as well, and her friend Morgan is in her class. So I think this will be a good week for her, if an exhausting one!