Preston asked me who my Elementary School teachers were.  I was listing them off for him, and when i got to 5th Grade I said, “Daddy and I both had Mrs. Roach for 5th Grade.”

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Lilly Katherine thought for just a second, in a very “you’ve-lost-your-mind-Mama” kind of voice she said, “Her name was Mrs. ROACH?”

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I said, “Yes, baby, her name was Mrs. Roach.”

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To which her response (with great enthusiasm and expression) was, “That’s silly because a roach isn’t a name, a roach is a VEGETABLE!”

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How do I even respond to that?  My 4 year old thinks roaches are vegetables.  I tried to tell her roaches are ugly nasty bugs, but I don’t think she believed me.

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The next day I just wanted to see what LK would say, so I said, “Hey, Lilly Katherine, what’s a roach?”

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Her response, “A vegetable…No, it’s a fruit!” (said in a very proud voice, because she corrected herself with the right answer)

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I think my baby girl might be a little bit of a fruit.  At least she’s cute…and keeps us all laughing! :)

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LK: “Mama, what does A-T-M spell?”

Me: “It’s a machine called an ATM machine and it stands for Automated Teller Machine.”

LK: “What is that?”

Me: “Well, it’s a machine that gives you money…if you have any money in the bank.”

LK: “We have money in the bank, don’t we?  Daddy collects money.  Daddy has a money collection.  Kind of like Samuel’s bug collection, but Daddy has a money collection.  And Samuel’s bug died.”

Me: “Yes, just like that.”

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I don’t know where Brad’s stashing this “money collection” but I would sure like to see it.  I think it’s probably buried under the  “money tree” i thought my parents had.

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(If you’ve read germ post #1 and #2 of this week, you’re brave to come back to the site.  There will be another germ-filled story tomorrow.  Thanks for hanging in there with me and my phobia!)

Friday afternoons we typically meet friends at Sonic to play.  Today was a beautiful day to run in the sand with friends.  On our way to Sonic, Preston asked, “Can we do windy?”  (Translation:  Can we roll the windows down?)  I thought it was a great idea!  As I rolled the windows down, my 7 year old child looked outside and said, “Look, Mama!  It’s like it’s HD now!”

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Maniac!  The child doesn’t even watch that much TV, but he does love his sports.  HD is important when you’re watching football…or so I’ve been told.

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