"Mommy, I Cold, I Needa My Hat!"

"Really Mar? It's a 100+ degrees outside!"

Funny Story: Marley and mommy went out on the town this past Saturday. First we went to the bank where she promptly said "I have money please" when the woman came to the teller window. Then it was off to the farmer's market where she was quite picky with her watermelon selection. Then we went to the zoo where she got to ride the train and entertain all the other passengers with her "ooohs" and "aaahs." After that we stopped at Sam's club for a quick snack. So, needless to say we had been busy and Marley and mommy were both tired. Well Marley slept for about 20 minutes in the car on the way home and apparently that was all she needed. After about 45 fruitless minutes of mommy trying to get the girl back to bed in mommy's bed I brought her upstairs to her room where she began to play and stayed for almost 2 full hours while mommy zoned in and out of sleep. I was fully roused from my nap when I heard "Mommy I gotta go potty!" I ran upstairs and much to my surprise, found my little peanut stark naked on the floor. The following conversation is (almost) verbatim...

"Mar, whatcha doin?"

"I playin nakey mommy."

"I see that,"

"Yep, tooka my shorts off, and my shirt and then I tooka my nigh nigh panties off."

"So Mar, how long have you been naked?"

And with a shrug of the shoulders she replied...

"I no no, a yong time.")

But when it's 100 degrees out she has to wear a snow hat...

AND, on that same Saturday, prior to the what was supposed to be nap but was really nakey play time, on our way home my little girl had to go potty and couldn't wait so we stopped at Wendy's where we went into the Women's restroom. (Well, yeah, we are women so...) While she was pooping, oh yes, that's what we had to stop for because she was screaming "I go poo poo now Mommy," she started scolding to her "Little Man." (I'm thinking imaginary friend, though the way she was talking to him, friend may be a stretch). It went a little something like this...

"No, no little man, you no do that little man, no sir little man, I said stop little man."

"Mommy, my little man is being bad!"

"Little man you need a time out, no sir little man, you in trouble little man...etc..."

The whole time I could hear all the women waiting to use the restroom laughing. So, upon our exit from the bathroom stall I said something to the effect of "Betcha didn't know there was a little man in there." All I could think of was leprechaun.

Do leprechauns wear snow hats when it's a 100+ degrees out?

No matter, for my girl it's snow hats in the summertime...