A Surprising Grasp on Vocabulary

The other night as we proceeded through our bedtime ritual, our three-year-old squirmed out of my arms as I attempted to brush her teeth.

Having reached the point in the ritual at which I had lost patience with disruptions, I said to her, "Come back here! We don't get up and march around while we're brushing our teeth!"

She gave me a little look and began lifting her knees up in front of her, high-stepping around the hall outside the bathroom with her toothbrush hanging blatantly from her mouth.

Kids.