Peace to all the trapped mermaids

When putting the girls to bed there's a Hindi prayer for peace I sometimes sing with them. I always ask them before hand if there is anyone special that they want to sing the song to. Tonight Lucia said, "Papa George and Grandma Betty Franks." Then Sofia added, "And all the trapped mermaids."

Santa true

I say is that true?

Sofia says, "true as Santa"

"Sofia, you're a natural."

"what does that mean?"

"It means you are part of nature."

"Miss Frizzle and The Magic School Bus must be nature then because they can go inside of your body."

"Actually Miss Frizzle and The Magic School Bus are fiction."

"What does that mean?"

"That means they are made up."

Sofia laughs. "Something has to be real for you to make it up. Either that or it has to be words that you string together."

Nature Wed

Dad, trees hibernate in the winter.

Really? don't think so.

Yes, they do!

Hmm I guess they do!

Winter is one big night for the tree and summer is one big day.

Oh, yeah!

3rd person

Lucia has begun to refer to herself only in the third person. This seems to be an extension of blaming everything on her little finger, which she still sometimes does a year later. Sometimes I figure her out by saying, I know what Lucia wants to do, but what do you want to do? 

Lucia says

Dad, my hands were so small.

How come?

Because I'm gonna turn into a baby if I'm gonna.

Yummy clouds

Sofia asked me on the way to school today if you could eat clouds.