Denis didn’t make it home until almost lunchtime. Poor guy had to sleep in the airport last night after missing his connection by 10 minutes. :(
In other news, four-and-a-half can really be a wonderful age!
Carolyn thought she saw a firefly outside around 6:30, which at this time of year is still full daylight. So I said, “Honey, I thought the fairies didn’t light up the fireflies until after sunset?” (From the Tinkerbell movie). And she said, “No, Mommy, that’s silly! The fairies don’t light up the fireflies in *our* world, they do it themselves.” And I said, “How do you think they light themselves up?” After a moment, she said, “I think they turn on like a flashlight! Like this!”
And then she got the mini maglight off the key hook, turned it on, placed it on her chair, and bent over in front of the chair so it was shining on her butt. I about died laughing – Denis came in and I could barely explain what was going on.
Then she said, “Wait, it would probably work better like this!” and pulled down her skirt so she could shine the flashlight on her bare bottom.
Denis and I were laughing so hard we could barely breathe! Now we’ll have a to have a discussion about why she probably shouldn’t show anyone else her new firefly trick, though…
(And yes, I’m aware that she’s going to be really embarrassed by this post when she’s a bit older! At least I didn’t take pictures…)