oh to be five again....sigh.

i wish i could be a kid again. i wish this on a daily basis. at this point in my life i have the privilege of living with the sassiest 5 year old on planet earth. this makes for at least one good laugh a day and lots of these childhood wishes. today i found myself home alone with her. i was teaching piano and then bumming around the house and she was following me around and complaining that it is "so hot outside everything is melting. look at chloe! i think her fur is burning off it's so hot outside!" chloe is the dog and if any of you know what it's like to have your "fur burn off" because of five minutes spent in 39 degrees...please let me know; i'm still trying to figure that one out. in case i've already lost you, she was sure that because the sun was shining it was "burning hot outside" and didn't want to go put a sweatshirt on like i had told her she needed to if she wanted to play outside. so following the chloe argument i told her no. her response, "you are just like mommy and daddy only meaner!!!" that sure is mean because i remember the day not too long ago that the same mommy i was being compared to heard "you're just like an ugly stepsister...only meaner!" does that make me and ugly stepsister times two? either way she was pretty angry with me. it's been about 10 minutes since then and she is now happily riding her scooter around the house and has completely forgiven me. it's good that she forgives me so easily because i'm pretty sure she's mad at me at least that often. my favorite insult she's given me would be "mean tuna." yes. i have been called that. On a lighter note...yesterday while sitting in church she leaned over and whispered to me "it's me...your best friend...waiting under your bed for you to wake up!" the scary thing is she really does that sometimes. i remember the day i went in my room after school, shut the door and started changing my clothes. quincy was in a pile of pillows and scared me so bad i nearly pooped my pants. i kid you not. "suprise!!! i've been waiting for you to come home for a long time!" nevermind that i was standing there in my underwear with shear panic spread across my poor face. "okay now for your outfit...this would be SO cute..." quincy is the fashion guru. all outfits need too many colors, pieces, and and excess of accessories. skulls included. just seeing her outfits alone would be enough. most of them include something with skulls and cross bones on it. :) more quincy fun to come. i'm out of time for now....