Ada: Daddy, did I eat enough supper?
Chad: I don’t know, is your tummy full?
Ada: I have this much soup left.
Chad: That’s not what I asked.  Is it satiated?
Ada: (Nodding) She ated.
I think she heard, “Did it say she ated?”

Me: Ada, please take your juice to the dining room.  Red juice can’t be on the couch.
Ada: Oh!  I get it.  Because it stings.

Ada: So Grandma and Grandpa live in the country, so that means there are no United States flags?
Me: No.  The live in THE country, not in ANOTHER country. (skipping over the lengthy discussion we had about the difference between the two different kinds of country…)
Ada: So what states are in Indiana?
Me: There aren’t states in Indiana, it IS a state.
Ada: RIGHT!  What states are in the United States?
So I start listing the states in alphabetical order, which is the only way I can remember them all…
Me: Alabama, Alaska –
Ada: HAWAII!!  I said Hawaii before you did.
Me: …Pennsylvania –
Ada: That’s a real place???
Me: I said Pennsylvania, not Transylvania.
Ada: RIGHT!  That has the word “pencil” in it.
I really do love the conversations I have with her.

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