Things my kid says

Out of the blue on Sunday night, Rachel said this:

"Girls WIN in this family, Mommy. Two girls, one boy."

When I raced to get a pen and paper to write it down, she added:

"Show that note to Daddy, Mommy, and he will be depressed."

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I've been so busy trying to close out our life here that the house has gotten to be a mess inside and out; it really needs a good cleaning (although I exhausted myself doing the gardening in front of the house because the lawn was driving me crazy, as were all the dead roses still on their stems).

Last night I finally cleaned the bathtub, the toilet (it was getting really moldy) and the sink. While Rachel was brushing her teeth this morning, I explained what I had done and added, "I was really tired of giving you a bath in a dirty tub. My daughter does NOT deserve to bathe in a dirty tub."

"YOU don't deserve to bathe in a dirty tub," she replied, "because you do all the work around here."

Got that right, kid.