The Katie Chronicles: The Jig is Up Edition

Last night, I had just finished reading Katie's nightly stories -- three chapters of a Junie B. Jones book...Junie B is very big with the kindergarten set, apparently -- and put her down for the night.  Then I did something I almost never do.  I went to the pantry and got out some of my Christmas stocking candy (Andes mints and a Lindt truffle...yum!).  I set them on the coffee table and, before I could eat them, Katie came out of her room to tell me something vitally important about her stuffed animals or some such.  As she got close to me, she stopped in her tracks, looked pointedly at the candy, and then back at me.  She didn't say anything about it but that look said I had just confirmed all her suspicions about what adults do as soon as kids go to bed.  It's like her thoughts were in a bubble over her head:  "Candy!  I knew it!  When does Santa get here with the bounce house and cotton candy machine??"  

The Katie Chronicles, New Year's Resolution Edition

Marie Osmond recently appeared on our TV to tell us all about losing 50 pounds on Nutrisystem. They were showing the food and Katie turned to me and said, “Mommy, you should get that!” Ouch. Further inquiry let me know she meant I should get the ice cream sandwich they showed so she could have some. Whew. That was a close one. (She obviously hasn't noticed my post-holiday winter padding.) Later, she was running up and down the hall in a very focused, intentional way and I asked her what she was doing. "Working out," was the reply. Later, she said, "Whew! I feel good because I'm all worked out."

The Katie Chronicles: Matrimonial Edition

Katie told her Grandma Brown the following schedule for her (Katie's) wedding day.
1. The entire wedding party will go to a spa and have a massage, get our hair done, and of course have mani/pedis.
2. We will go to the wedding, where all the guests will get a massage. All of them. If you're keeping score, that's two massages that day for the wedding party.
3. Katie and her husband will kiss.
4. Katie and her hub ONLY will go on the honeymoon. When I asked her why I couldn't come along for that, she said it was because she couldn't come on mine (because she didn't exist yet), so it was only fair.

I have no idea where Katie's intimate acquaintance with spas and massages comes from but, if you're a fan like she is, you may want to make friends with her now to insure inclusion on that guest list.

Ethan told her to make sure she didn't just choose her husband on looks. "If you have a handsome husband who isn't nice to you, that isn't good. Make sure you pick someone who's nice." Smart boy.