3 Going on 40

Monday morning we were getting ready to go to my parents for breakfast. Brandon and the baby were arguing over her choice of clothes. She wanted to wear a skirt and he told her it was too cold. They went back and forth on the subject for a few minutes until Bran tired and sternly told her she was not wearing a skirt because she would catch cold and have to go to the hospital. She put her little hands on her little hips and said in her best grown up voice, "Ah Dad, don't you think you're over reacting just a bit?" Bran didn't respond for several minutes but when he did he asked if she could quit talking like an adult for just a bit.

Then (yup, I've got another one for you) Tuesday night she was on the phone with her cousin. He's 14 and even though he's incredibly good to her he's still a 14 year old boy with bigger and better things to do than talk to his 3 year old cousin on the phone. I put the phone on speaker and asked him if he had a lot of homework and suggested that she tell him good night. I told him before he answered that this was his chance to save himself. He told her he did have a lot of homework to finish. Her response? "Very well then. I'll talk to you later. I love you." With that, she hung up.