Mabelisms

If Donald Trump wins, then we'll probably have to move to Israel and I'll have to finish the school year at Hebrew school. Probably Rabbi Josh will have to move to Israel too.

Mom. At 6 and 5/6, Mabel has definitively decided I am "Mom" and not "Mommy" or "Mama" as I have always been. She has gone so far as to scratch the name "Mama" and replace it with "Mom" on a Valentine's day card for me. She gets angry when I accidentally refer to myself as "Mommy." Well, tonight I had my first glimpse that she might not be totally grown up yet when she asked if I wanted to play "Baby and Mom."

Exactly. She way overuses this term. For example, shortly after Mabel discovered the joy of riding on a bicycle while standing on the pedals, she discovered the pain of falling onto the seat from standing. When I asked where she was hurting, she said "exactly in my vagina hole."

Some choice insights of Mabel's during one of our many conversations about how money is not what's most important:
"but food is more important than recess."
"If you felt happy about a new dress, how long would that happiness last?"
"I don't know, about a year?"

I would vote for Bernie because then the government would pay for all the healthcare. And then if you get sick, you can go straight to the doctor.
Anything else?
And because he seems like he would be nice to everybody.

Mabel: That was almost perfect.
Mommy: Why wasn't it perfect.
Mabel: Because nothing is perfect. But it was awesome.


Mabel: "Did Parkside win the game"
Mommy: "No we didn't."
Mabel " But did we have perseverance?"

"I can't taste the lactose in my milk"

"churn" - at 6 years old, Mabel finally discovered that the word she has been pronouncing as "churn" was actually "turn."

Mabel sees an interesting pattern in her miso soup (probably thinks it's "aesthetic", from hanging around Frances). "Can you take a picture of it mommy?" then "Can you post it to Facebook?"