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Bug was playing with her dolls this morning. She was holding her Prince Naveen when I walked by. Bug: I need to find all my brothers. There are like only four men here! Me: Why do you need men? Bug: To build the spaceships! Me: Why can't the women build them? Bug: (holding up a Barbie) Because we're preparing for war! Me: Carry on. #genderroles

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My mom took Bug to get a spare pair of sneakers. Bug, being her usual distracted self, was taking a long time to put on the shoes she was trying on. Salesperson was getting a little antsy, so my mom told Bug to focus and hurry up a bit.

Bug replied, “I’m trying Grandma. I can’t go any faster. I was just in the hospital, you know.” FTR - she meant when we took her to the ER a couple of weeks ago because she fell on the diving board. She’s perfectly fine...if a bit dramatic.

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Waiting with Bug for Wes’ dance class to end, I made a quick trip to the bathroom. I came out to find Bug standing outside the door holding her ‘cell phone’ (an old flip phone no longer working.) She saw me come out and turned to one of her dance teachers who was with her. Bug: Oh, there she is.

Teacher: She was just going to ‘call’ you on her phone to see where you were. She pulled it out, said she was going to call, opened it, sighed (dramatically), slammed it shut, and said, “Oh great, my phone’s dead. I forgot to charge it.”

Me: It doesn’t work. Teacher: I figured as much. ;) Parent (overhearing our conversation): She was ‘texting’ earlier. I saw her tapping away and asked who she was texting. She told me she was talking to her friends. So....I guess I can just keep giving her old phones to use instead of buying her one when she gets older, right?

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John​ was watching the last season of Doctor Who with the kids. He just walked by me and informed me that Bug had left my Sonic Screwdriver (pen w/ uv light) out.

Me: When did she take my sonic screwdriver? John: When she was trying to save Danny from the cybermen. She was sitting there with it aimed at them.

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Took the kids to Superhero Training at the library last night. At the end, they could choose a temporary tattoo. Bug: Do you have a Flash? Girl (looking at the boxes) Uhhh.... Me: No, they have Spider-Man, Batman, Avengers, and Transformers. Bug (sighing): I’ll take a Bumblebee, then. (When girl just stares at her, she reaches out and pulls a Bumblebee from the Transformers box.) Yes, my daughter is a geek, why do you ask?

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Showed Bug a picture of her dance school’s dance team at a competition this week. They’re all dressed up for an awards ceremony, girls are all in prom-style dresses and the one boy on the nationals team is in a suit and tie. Bug points to the boy: Who’s that? I name him. Bug: Really? It doesn’t look like him. Usually he has a stripe in the front of his hair. That’s how I pick him out. Me: I’d pick him out because he’s the only boy on that team, but maybe that’s just me.

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Bug: My legs are hairy. I need to shave.

Yes, she just turned 7.

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Bug just showed me a picture of Adam and Eve wearing fig leaves.

Bug: This is the most uncomfortable picture of Adam and Eve. Me: Why? Because they’re wearing fig leaves? Bug: Yeah. They shouldn’t be wearing those yet.  Me:.... uh, so you’d be ok with it if they were wearing nothing? Bug: Uh huh.

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Bug came home with a sealed manila envelop from school today addressed to me. She tried to tell me it might be a present from her teacher. I told her I was wary of any presents from her teacher. (Bug goes to a super-conservative Christian school. Yeah, I know. :-p )

I open it up and a catalog comes out along with a note. According to the note, Bug had brought the catalog into school and shared it with a 7th grade boy. (She’s in 1st grade.) The note went on to say that while they believed she did it innocently, it was inappropriate. The catalog in question? A Victoria Secret Swimsuit catalog that she swiped from somewhere. *face palm*

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Bug was telling me about the nightmare she had last night. She gets to the end with, “...and then the Duke came and took you away. When they brought you back you had no head and only one foot. We all gathered around you and cried. I was upset because you promised to paint my toenails this weekend and now you couldn’t. But, a voice said this was just a dream and I said ‘ok’ because that meant you could still paint my nails.” I can see what’s really important to her. :p

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Bug was talking Disney princes last night.

BUG: Why is Prince Edward so stupid? ME: Because he's silly. BUG: Well, Prince Hans wasn't really bad. ME:... BUG: He wasn't! Look, he promised to bring an end to eternal winter and that's what he was doing. ME:...uh...what about leaving Anna to freeze to death? BUG: He didn't really love her, so his kiss wasn't going to work anyway. He didn't want to hurt her feelings. ME:...he told her that he loved her, then lied about them exchanging marriage vows. How does that not make him a bad guy??? BUG: Mommy, he was thirteenth in line. He had to get a kingdom some how. ME:.... confused emoticon ....Hey, Wes? You might want to watch your back....

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Bug’s watching My Little Pony on Netflix. Bug: Mom, are they taking My Little Pony off Netflix. Me: That’s the rumor. I’m not sure when, but it’s supposed to be going. Bug: Well, that means I’m going to have to go outside my comfort zone. Me:....? Bug: I like My Little Pony and I like Netflix, but it won’t be on Netflix anymore. I like Disney Junior, but it’s not on Disney Junior. That means I’m going to have to go out of my comfort zone to watch it on The Hub. Childhood is hard, yo.

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Bug just watched the Postmodern Jukebox video for Blank Space and was inspired. She found a piece of tissue paper, made her own fan, and copied the dancers. 

After, she asked hubby if she could fan dance after dinner.

We’re such proud parents. *face palm*

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Heading out the the bus stop, Bug says she doesn’t want to go by herself because bad people might kidnap her and poison her and she’ll wake up in their evil lair.

Thinking she just went into comic book-mode, I say, “And you’ll turn into Super Bug.”

She gives me a funny look and says, “No, Mommy. I’ll turn into dead.”

Touche, kiddo. Looks like Stranger Danger talks worked.

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Watching Princess Bride with Bug last night and realized she *is* the grandson. She interrupted at all the same spots. My favorite was during the dream sequence. Bug: This is just a dream, right? She's not really going to marry Humperdink. Me: Just watch. *Buttercup wakes up* Bug: See! I was right. I told you! Me: Yes, you're very smart. Now shut up. Bug:Hey! Fred Savage/Grandson: See, I told you she'd never marry Humperdink. Peter Falk/Grandfather: Yes, you're very smart. Now shut up.

*Bug gives me the side-eye. Bursts in giggles.*

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My kids' love of Food Network has finally found its way into their play kitchen. This morning Bug came up to me and welcomed me to her restaurant and asked what I'd like. I asked her what she had.

"Pumpkin pie, apple cinnamon pie, potato fries, sweet potato fries, and lamb fries."

I quickly declined the lamb fries, but she came back a few seconds later with a yellow marble on a plate. "Are you sure you don't want to try the lamb fries? Just a little one from the smallest lamb?"

I decided on the pumpkin pie.

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Hubby made quesadillas last night and asked Bug if she wanted beans with hers.

Bug: Beans! Beans! Nothing but beans! I let him know I didn't know he had stolen my beans.

Guess what her favorite musical is right now. :p