But Where's the Bird?

Kids are funny. We all know this. Here are two recent examples, courtesy of Victoria.

1. We had friends over for dinner, one of whom is a bit of a trickster. This evening, he points out the window and says "Look at that bird Victoria." She eagerly looks out the window while he steals her plate (what is with boys needing to do this? My dad used to love this trick!). When she looks back she notices that her plate is missing but is totally unconcerned, asking, "but where's the bird Jim? Where's the bird?" The point of this trick is totally lost on her, but none the less she realizes something is up since we are all laughing. Someone tries to get her into the spirit of things by encouraging her to take Jim's plate. She's a good sport and with tons of enthusiasm yells "Look! A bird." Jim "looks" and she very quickly steals her own plate and hides it.

2. Later that evening Scott is watching football. It is Victoria's bedtime and she's asking if Dad can put on one of her shows for a few minutes before she hops into bed. Jim, who along with Scott is a bit of an obsessive sports fan, tries to turn her off of this idea saying "but this is your show." (Really? Is she that stupid? I don't think so.) Victoria very promptly, and somewhat condescendingly, informs Jim that no, "this is Caitlin and Dad's show." Hehehe. When Caitlin was brand new Scott used to spend lots of time watching football and bouncing on the exercise ball with herwhen we were trying to put Caitlin to sleep. (Don't judge - this seriously seemed to calm her down. Football puts me to sleep too.) Now, it will forever be Caitlin's sport.