Rachel commentary

Rachel said so many goofy things this New Year's, it's hard to keep track. Here are some of them:

"ahh...." she sighed, several times. "I'm imagining Noah."
(Noah is the son of my friend Sarah. Rachel is going to his 6th birthday party on Saturday. She insists that she wants to marry him. I told Sarah that I dibs Thanksgiving and Hanukkah; she can take all the other holidays).
"You know what I'm going to do at his party?" Rachel asked. "I'm going to hug and kiss him."
When I opened my mouth to suggest he may not welcome that, she said quickly, "but I'm going to ask his permission first."

Atta girl!

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On the way home tonight, Rachel started talking about the wedding dress that the bride at the Space Needle wore. She was disappointed it didn't have a veil.
"It's not as pretty as YOUR wedding dress," she said.
"Well, you can wear my wedding dress someday," I said.
"Nahh," she said matter-of-factly. "I'd like my own dress."
"Well, I was saving my dress for you," I said, a little hurt.
"I can get a new dress for my first husband," she said, "and wear your dress for my second marriage!"

Uh, sure, kid.