More random Rachel

The other night at dinner I asked her, "are you going to go away to college, or stay here?"
"I go AWAY," she said firmly. "I go to college in New York."
(Should I start preparing the applications for Columbia and NYU?)

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Tonight she got very whiny when I told her I couldn't let her out as I was driving, she had to wait until we got home.
"No NO, highway!" she suddenly exclaimed. "No NO cars!"
I never figured out what she was mad at them for.

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She has started to make up little songs that consist of everyday objects set to tunes that we know. This morning it was "pink cup, pink cup" (her pink sippy cup, into which I poured orange juice). Sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques." I was completely charmed. I'd much rather listen than join in!

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"C'mon, people!" is a new favorite expression. If I say it at all, she'll elaborate. Tonight I was trying to get around a TriMet bus and said in exasperation, "C'MON, people!"
And then a little voice piped up from the back seat: "C'MON, people! We gotta get home for dinner!"