Random Rachel sayings

The past two days have been rainy and blech, but the nights have been pleasant enough for Rachel and I to take walks around the neighborhood and even stop at the local park and playground. I love the exercise, especially when I haven't been able to swim during my lunch hour.

Last night Rachel noticed a candy bar wrapper next to the big slide at Grant Park. "Give it to me and I'll put it in the garbage," I said. "Whoever left it here wasn't very nice."

"They weren't very nice," Rachel agreed. "They should get a time out!"

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Also last night, I turned on KMHD, our local jazz station, as I got dinner ready.

"I like this music," Rachel said.

"It's jazz, Rachel," I said.

"I like jazz music!' she replied. "I like also blues festival music."

(Obviously a refernce to the 4th of July's Waterfront Blues Festival. Astonished she remembered!)

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While coloring with markers and her Sesame Street coloring book, Rachel looked up all of a sudden and announced, "Sometimes I be naughty. Not all the time. But sometimes."

She also said that she likes Elmo and Burt and Ernie, but, "I don't like the blue guy."

"You mean Cookie Monster?" I asked.

"Yeah," she answered.

"Because he steals all the cookies?" I asked.

"Yeah," she said. "That's not very nice. He should get a time out!"

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Rachel has obviously heeded my instructions to eat over her plate and be careful about dropping/spilling things. I was especially sensitive about this because I stayed up late last night mopping the kitchen floor, and God knows when I'll get a chance to do so again.

"I a very careful person," she said as she ate dinner. "I careful not to spill milk and water and yogurt and sour cream. And balloons. And YOU. You're careful and I'm careful. We're both careful persons. Except Daddy. Daddy's not careful."

(Drew, I think she's picked up on the fact that sometimes, well, you're a bit of a klutz!:))