things maia said this week

Mommy is pretty and Maia is pretty and Daddy, you are NOT pretty.

You are handsome.

So much of Maia's one liners happen at the dinner table. Here are a few examples:

Maia to Papaya: Okay, people, we're going in a mouth.
Papaya (voiced by Maia): Oh no, I'm too big for that mouth.
[Maia swallows papaya with flair, as though conquering prey.]

Over lunch this week:

Maia: Are you sweaty, daddy?
Tim: Um, no. Why, do I look sweaty?
Maia: Your hair is kind of - up.
Tim: Oh.

During a conversation about pregnancy over supper:

Tim: One day, God might give you a baby in your belly too.
Maia: Yeah, and then I'll have a big belly. But right now, I just have food in my belly.

Lots of them emerge from the back seat in the car as well.

Tim: Holy cow! Look at that!
Maia: Where? Where's the cow?

I'm learning that just when you think your kids are predictable, they change it up to keep you on your toes.

Monica: Maia, we're going to a restaurant. What would you like to eat for lunch today?

Now the answer is always FRIES. But every now and then I ask just in case the answer will be fries and something else.

Maia: Umm.... I would like a sandwich, some broccoli and a salad.

WHAT?!?

And on the swing at the park this week:

I'm going higher than... than JESUS!

When Maia sees a plane flying overhead, she still asks:

Is Auntie Steen on there?

You can't make this stuff up.